{"product_id":"silent-bones-hardcover","title":"Silent Bones - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVal McDermid\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Powerful, moving and wise - Val McDermid's books are always enthralling.\"--Harlan Coben\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A beautifully structured, witty and twisty novel.\"--Ann Cleeves\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe new installment in the \"relentlessly engrossing series\" (\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) finds Karen Pirie and her team investigating the murder of a journalist paved under a motorway--but was it his work or his private life that put him there? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScotland, 2025. When torrential winter rain causes a landslide on a motorway, it dislodges more than mud and asphalt - it reveals a skeleton, concealed when the road was built eleven years prior. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSam Nimmo, an investigative journalist who'd been poking his nose into the murky politics of the Scottish independence referendum, had become the prime suspect in the brutal murder of his girlfriend when he vanished. Now he's reappeared, buried under the motorway. It's the perfect cold case for DCI Karen Pirie, chief of Police Scotland's Historic Cases Unit. What was Nimmo investigating that was worth killing over? Or was it revenge for murdering his girlfriend? Meanwhile, an allegation of murder has surfaced over the supposedly accidental death of a hotel manager. It may have links to another accident on a remote Highland road. It's a series of puzzles that tests Karen and her team to their limits. And possibly beyond . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA darkly propulsive thriller of secrets hidden at the core of a Scottish Highlands town, \u003ci\u003eSilent Bones \u003c\/i\u003ereaffirms Val McDermid as a crime writer of inimitable power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eVal McDermid's bestselling novels have won the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize for Mystery\/Thriller, and the Crime Writers' Association's Gold Dagger and Cartier Diamond Award for outstanding achievement. The Karen Pirie novels have been adapted into an Edgar Award-nominated ITV\/BritBox show. She is also a five-time finalist for the Edgar Award, including Fact Crime nominee \u003ci\u003eForensics \u003c\/i\u003eand most recently the Sue Grafton Memorial Award nominee \u003ci\u003ePast Lying\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.57 x 9.06 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43608074977415,"sku":"9780802164391","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/4APsRTFZ5m9780802164391.webp?v=1765884731","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/silent-bones-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}