A
rattle of bones
Skelton, Douglas
creator
author.
text
Thrillers (Fiction).
Detective and mystery fiction.
stk
Edinburgh, Scotland
Polygon
2021
2021
monographic
eng
327 pages ; 20 cm.
In 1752, Seamus a'Ghlynne, James of the Glen, was executed for the murder of government man Colin Campbell. He was almost certainly innocent. When banners are placed at his gravesite claiming that his namesake, James Stewart, is innocent of murder, reporter Rebecca Connolly smells a story. The young Stewart has been in prison for ten years for the brutal murder of his lover, lawyer and politician Murdo Maxwell, in his Appin home. Rebecca soon discovers that Maxwell believed he was being followed prior to his murder and his phones were tapped. Why is a Glasgow crime boss so interested in the case? As Rebecca keeps digging, she finds herself in the sights of Inverness crime matriarch Mo Burke, who wants payback for the damage caused to her family in a previous case. Set against the stunning backdrop of the Scottish Highlands, A Rattle of Bones is a tale of injustice and mystery, and the echo of the past in the present.
adult
Douglas Skelton.
"Old sins cast a long shadow" -- cover.
(Fictitious character)
Connolly, Rebecca
Fiction
Women journalists
Scotland
Fiction
Justicial error
Fiction
Murder
Investigation
Fiction
Reporters and reporting
Fiction
Judicial error
Fiction
Highlands (Scotland)
Fiction
823.92
Rebecca Connolly
3
Rebecca Connolly ; 3
Skelton, Douglas
9781846975639
1846975638
UKMGB
201203
20220830130117.0
000069947359
eng