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I can understand how some readers might despair of keeping the many characters and plot clear in their minds. But rest assured, seasoned novelist Val McDermid turns them into one cohesive whole with strong characterizations and a firm grip on her subject matter. The third novel to feature Detective Inspector Karen Pirie and her Historic Cases Unit, “The Skeleton Road” can easily be read as a stand-alone. Perhaps this is because in this particular novel the police procedural aspect is secondary to the other story lines. Much, much more than a mere police procedural “ The Skeleton Road” is actually three simultaneous narratives. Didactic in nature, the novel is meticulously researched and enlightens the reader in an entertaining way. Meanwhile, two members of an international war crimes tribunal also are seeking Petrovic as they try to find out who is meting out "rough justice" by killing people accused of war atrocities before they can be indicted. Scottish crime writer McDermid (Cross and Burn) adeptly reworks Jane Austen's Gothic satire for the modern audiences. A homeschooled minister's daughter bored by the "narrow confines" of the Dorset Continue reading » The Case of the Missing Conservatories'' is what lively and likeable Kate Brannigan, the English detective from Manchester introduced in Dead Beat , calls this, her second adventure, which founders Continue reading »
This intriguing second novel by the author of Report for Murder again casts lesbian Scottish journalist Lindsay Gordon. Lindsay is living temporarily in Italy when fellow writer Alison Maxwell is Continue reading » Val McDermid pulls together a complicated tale of war and its aftermath for a plot that feels both intensely personal and global. moves at a brisk pace, giving attention to each of its myriad characters as the action moves from Scotland to England to Croatia.The highly-anticipated ninth book in the #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling series, with over ten million copies in print! Maggie is still haunted by the disappearance eight years ago of her lover, former Croatian general, Dimitar Petrovic, known to his friends as Mitja, whereas Karen is in a stable relationship with fellow police officer Phil Parhatka. The story of Maggie’s relationship with Mitja is interwoven in a series of deeply personal first person narratives that go deep behind the scenes of the war-torn former Yugoslavia. The siege of Dubrovnik in particular is told in harrowing but understated detail, bringing the conflict and those engaged in it to life in a way that news reports strive for but seldom achieve. Fictionophile’s OCTOBER 2023 Reading Wrap-Up #bookblogger #MonthlyWrapUp#Fictionophile October 31, 2023 Plans for Novellas in November #NovNov23 #NovellasInNovember #Fictionophile#novellas October 28, 2023 This novel is an excellent read, full of tension and intrigue and made all the more chilling by the real-life horrors of war underlying the fiction.” – indaily.com
verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{ When an eight-year old skeleton is found atop an abandoned Edinburgh school – the case falls to DI Karen Pirie and her Cold Case Squad. The skeleton, with a single gunshot in his skull, was jammed into a pinnacle on the roof. He proves to be a middle-aged man of Eastern European descent. When Karen and her squad attempt to discern the identity of the deceased man things begin to get complicated. There, he lived with Oxford University professor Maggie Blake, who met him when she worked as an academic in Dubrovnik during the war. Blake has never got over Petrovic, who she believes left her more than eight years ago to return home. gracefully moves from Pirie's investigation to Blake's life and her memories of the war and Petrovic. In this moving crime novel, a skeleton with a bullet gike in its skull is discovered in a derelict Edinburgh building. DCI Karen Pirie’ investigation takes her from spires of Oxford to Croatia where war crimes from the Balkans conflict resonate. But is this a crime of politics or passions?” – Townswoman The Last Kids on Earth and the Skeleton Road is the sixth book of the main The Last Kids on Earth book series.Author Val McDermid melds the political thriller with the police procedural for an intense novel that gives equal attention to each genre. McDermid pulls together a complicated tale of war and its aftermath for a plot that feels both intensely personal and global. “The Skeleton Road” moves at a brisk pace, giving attention to each of its myriad characters as the action moves from Scotland to England to Croatia.” – Associated Wire Press Production of blood cells – certain bones in the skeleton contain red bone marrow and the bone marrow produces red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. Examples of bones that contain marrow are the pelvis, sternum, vertebrae and clavicle. Storage of minerals – the bones themselves are made of minerals and act as a mineral store for calcium and phosphorous, which can be given up if the body requires the minerals for other functions. Fictionophile’s OCTOBER 2023 #BookHaul #Bookbloggers #ForthcomingTitles #TBR #AnticipatedReads October 31, 2023
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