12/1/2015BookFilter | Evernote Web https://www.evernote.com/Home.action#n=1d0cd56a-3caa-4933-8529-850ce3b040b2&ses=4&sh=2&sds=5&1/2HomeTop Picks: All BooksThe Skeleton Road MoreThe Skeleton Roadby Val McDermidPrice: $25.00(Hardcover)Published: December 02, 2014Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)From the Publisher:Internationally best-selling crime writer Val McDermid is one of themost dependable professionals in the mystery and thrillerbusiness, whose acutely suspenseful, seamlessly plotted novelshave riveted millions of readers worldwide.</p><p> In The Skeleton Road,she delivers a gripping standalone novel about a cold case thatlinks back to the Balkan Wars of the 1990s.In the center of historic Edinburgh, builders are preparing todemolish a disused Victorian Gothic building.</p><p> They areunderstandably surprised to find skeletal remains hidden in a highpinnacle that hasn’t been touched by maintenance for years.</p><p> Whodo the bones belong to, and how did they get there? Could theeccentric British pastime of free climbing the outside of buildingsplay a role? Enter cold case detective Karen Pirie, who gets towork trying to establish the corpse’s identity.…Rate This Book|Rate/ReviewAdd To BookshelfGet This Book Go to your preferred retailer, click to choose a format and you' ll be taken directly to their site whereyou can get this book.BookFilter12/1/2015BookFilter | Evernote Web https://www.evernote.com/Home.action#n=1d0cd56a-3caa-4933-8529-850ce3b040b2&ses=4&sh=2&sds=5&2/2 Personalize / Add More ChoicesWhat We SayThis stand-alone mystery from Val Mcdermid demonstrates why she's a best-selling writer around the world.</p><p> In quickstrokes, McDermid brings to life two women: Maggie Blake an Oxford scholar of geopolitics (no, I'm still not quitesure what that might be) who fell hard for a high-ranking soldier during the Balkan conflict and cold case detectiveKaren Pirie.</p><p> Blake believes her true love disappeared back to the Balkans to reunite with the family she imagined healready had. (It's not nearly as sad and other woman-ish as that sounds.) Blake is trying to determine the identity of askeleton found on a roof in Edinburgh.</p><p> Two men handling low level work on a war crimes tribunal are looking for theleaker that might be tipping off an assassin that is killing off vicious figures from the tearing apart of Yugoslavia whoare escaping justice.</p><p> It all comes together rather satisfyingly.</p><p> Not that the mystery is terribly compelling or all thatimportant.</p><p> What holds the attention are the characters McDermid creates, the historical backdrop she evokes and themoral complexity she illuminates.</p><p> It's a solid introduction to her talents and perhaps the beginning of a series for thecapable and fascinating Pirie. -- Michael GiltzLessWhat You SayFilter byNo Reviews Found .....
