In Cold Blood

Summary

No secret can stay buried forever.

As the Whitworth family begin renovations on their new home, their plans are brought to an abrupt end when they discover a body buried in the back garden.

DI Isabel Blood and her team are called to investigate, but as she approaches Ecclesdale Drive, a feeling of unease settles in her gut. The property cordoned off is number 23, the house she used to live in as a child.

The forensic team estimate that the body has been in the ground for up to forty years—coinciding with the time Isabel’s family lived in the house.

Isabel’s father vanished without a trace when she was fourteen years old. And with her mother remaining tight-lipped about her father’s disappearance, Isabel can’t escape the unnerving sense of dread that it’s his body buried in the garden.

A mystery novel perfect for of Val McDermid and Elly Griffiths