THE BRILLIANT LEGAL THRILLER FROM THE QUEEN OF CRIME, LYNDA LA PLANTE

When the skeleton of a teenage girl is found under the patio of a North London house, Superintendent Mike Walker is assigned to investigate. But Walker is unhappy about working on the case. Not only have forensic tests dated the death from years ago, when the house operated as a B&B, he has to work on the case with the ex-boyfriend of his current partner, Pat North.

North, who is excelling in her career, has her own issues. Though her work as part of a Met Police scoping team is going well, she cannot stop thinking about the recent loss of her baby. When three more skeletons are found, North is called to the scene, arriving just as the bones of the final body are being dug up: a baby.

Who has committed these murders? The former owners of the B&B? Their strange daughter? A long-term lodger? And will North be able to look past her own grief to find the murderer?

About The Author

Lynda La Plante

Lynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. She is the author of over forty novels, all of which have been bestsellers. She trained for the stage at RADA and worked with the National theatre and RSC before becoming a television actress. She then turned to writing - and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally successful TV series Widows.

Lynda's original script for the much-acclaimed Prime Suspect won awards from BAFTA, Emmys, British Broadcasting and Royal Television Society as well as the 1993 Edgar Allan Poe Award.

Lynda is an honorary fellow of the British Film Institute and was awarded the BAFTA Dennis Potter Best Writer's Award in 2000. In 2008, she was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to Literature, Drama and Charity.

Lynda La Plante is the first layperson to be awarded an honorary fellowship to the Forensic Science Society. In 2020 she launched the acclaimed Listening to the Dead podcast with former CSI Cass Sutherland, exploring forensic science and its impact on solving crimes.