The Skeleton Road by Val McDermid
Summary: Internationally
best-selling crime writer Val McDermid is one of the most dependable
professionals in the mystery and thriller business, whose acutely suspenseful,
seamlessly plotted novels have riveted millions of readers worldwide. In The
Skeleton Road, she delivers a gripping standalone novel about a cold case
that links back to the Balkan Wars of the 1990s.
In the center of historic Edinburgh, builders are preparing to demolish a
disused Victorian Gothic building. They are understandably surprised to find
skeletal remains hidden in a high pinnacle that hasn’t been touched by
maintenance for years. Who do the bones belong to, and how did they get there?
Could the eccentric British pastime of free climbing the outside of buildings
play a role? Enter cold case detective Karen Pirie, who gets to work trying to establish
the corpse’s identity. And when it turns out the bones may be from as far away
as former Yugoslavia, Karen will need to dig deeper than she ever imagined into
the tragic history of the Balkans: to war crimes and their consequences, and
ultimately to the notion of what justice is and who serves it.
The Skeleton Road is an edge-of-your-seat, unforgettable read from
one of our finest crime writers.
Angie's Comments: Fantastic story about death and the Balkan Wars.
The characters are complex, and you realize that even heroes have failings. I
was able to guess who the murderer was early on, but not the motive until
closer towards the ending. The book is more about the war, justice and
relationships than it is about the mystery. The ending was abrupt, and I can’t
say I liked the ending. However, I enjoyed reading the book and would recommend
this to book to people who enjoy mysteries or political fiction.
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