Song of the Dead
An eerie Scottish murder mystery (DI Westphall 1)
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Publisher Description
DI WESTPHALL.
No ordinary detective.
No ordinary investigations.
A twisting new crime series set in the Scottish Highlands. For fans of Stephen King, James Oswald and John Connolly.
Detective Ben Westphall has been given his latest case because of his background in MI6. But it's his ability to see every angle - even the impossible ones - that will help him in this investigation.
John Baden has come back from the dead. His parents and girlfriend identified his body twelve years ago. Yet he's just walked into a police station, very much alive. Baden's story sounds far-fetched - but it's all about to get much, much stranger.
Westphall travels from the Highlands to Estonia in order to delve into Baden's murky past. But when his suspects start dying, Westphall realises someone is killing to cover up the truth. He'll have to question everything he's been told, before there's no one left to ask.
'A darkly atmospheric thriller with a labyrinthine plot with more twists than a Grand Prix track' - Michael Wood, author of the DCI Matilda Darke series
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What readers are saying about SONG OF THE DEAD
'A brilliantly written, dark and twisting read . . . a step above the usual crime thrillers'
'Excellent book! Loved the characters and it was a great storyline'
'Completely wonderful . . . Really recommend, and I'll be looking for other titles by this author'
'Clever plotting which kept me turning the pages'
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Det. Insp. Ben Westphall, the glum narrator of this haunting series launch from Lindsay (Lost in Juarez), once traveled the world with Britain's security services until he nearly died in a plane crash in central Africa. Now he's holed up in the relative quiet of Scotland's Dingwall, avoiding air travel. All that changes when he's sent to Estonia (via ferry and car) to investigate claims that tourist John Baden, who allegedly died 12 years earlier on a trip to the Baltic country with his girlfriend, is actually alive. Baden whose body was found in a lake on the Russian border recently walked into a Tartu police station and told a fantastical story about being held captive for over a decade and used for organ harvesting and sex by his captors. When Baden's story checks out, Westphall questions everything about the original investigation, particularly how DNA could match a corpse and a man who's very much alive. With this richly atmospheric and unrelentingly dark outing, Lindsay solidifies his place as one of the rising stars of tartan noir.
