Discover the BRAND NEW gripping Scottish crime series, from the author of the bestselling DCI James Craig series, John Carson. An absolute must-read for fans of Ian Rankin, Andrew Raymond, and Lee Child!

Some bodies just won't stay buried...

After putting a stop to one of Edinburgh s most notorious serial killers 3 years ago, DCI Liam Brodie is known as a man who can handle - and solve - the hardest of cases. But when he s assigned to Fife s Major Investigations Team, he soon realises that he s walking into a minefield. The previous DCI is missing, presumed dead, and the case he s been called in to lead becomes dangerously close to home.

When a child s bones are unearthed beneath the floorboards of an old house in Fife - the same house where his girlfriend, psychologist Ruth Calder, grew up as a foster daughter - Brodie uncovers a tangled web of lies and jealousy. Ruth s foster mother, now gripped by dementia, holds fragments of the truth but in a community haunted by its history, Brodie must navigate betrayal and buried guilt to bring a decades-old secret to light.

But at what cost to those he loves most?

Don't miss this explosive start to a brand new series from Scottish crime writer John Carson!

What readers are saying about John Carson...

'Always a five star for John Carson. His books just keep getting better and better.' Reader Review

'Another great book from this highly recommend author. Hard to put down any of his books they keep you gripped from the beginning to the end.' Reader Review

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'A brilliant new series from one of my favourite authors!' Reader Review

'Lots of humour and normality as well as intrigue and right at the end, the final, and most stunning twist.' Reader Review