The Innocent Dead

Forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod digs up secrets from the past in the fifteenth novel in Lin Anderson’s forensic crime series.

<p><b>Forty-five years ago, a young girl went missing. Now, a body is found. <i>The Innocent Dead</i> is the fifteenth book in Lin Anderson's Glasgow-set forensic crime series featuring Rhona MacLeod.<br><br>'One of the most satisfying characters in modern crime fiction' &ndash; <i>Daily Mail</i></b><br><br>Mary McIntyre's disappearance tore the local community apart, inflicting wounds that still prove raw for those who knew her. So when the present-day discovery of a child&rsquo;s remains are found in a peat bog south of Glasgow, it seems the decades-old mystery may finally be solved.<br><br>Called in to excavate the body, forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod uses the advances made in forensic science since Mary&rsquo;s vanishing to determine what really happened all those years ago &ndash; and who was responsible. <br><br>Karen Marshall had been devastated by her best friend&rsquo;s abduction. The police questioned her at the time, but it was a dead end &ndash; and the case soon went cold.<br><br>Now, news of the discovered body brings the nightmares back. Memories long-buried by Karen are returning &ndash; memories that begin to uncover her role in her friend&rsquo;s disappearance, and may even reveal the identity of the killer . . .<br><br><b>'The best Scottish crime series since Rebus' &ndash; <i>Daily Record</i></b><br><br><i>The Innocent Dead</i> is the fifteenth book in the Rhona MacLeod series by Lin Anderson. It is followed by <i>The Killing Tide</i>.<br><br><b>Readers love <i>The Innocent Dead</i>:</b><br><br>'Lin Anderson delivers another belter of a book'<br>'I couldn't put the book down it was absolutely gripping'<br>'I enjoyed every single minute of it'<br><br>Perfect for fans of Ian Rankin, Martina Cole and <i>Silent Witness</i>.</p>