The skeleton road
(Book)
Author:
NoveList Series:
Karen Pirie novels volume 3.
Published:
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2014].
Physical Desc:
406 pages ; 24 cm
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MYSTERY McDermid, V.
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Description
An Edinburgh detective encounters skeletal remains that may be connected to the brutal Balkan Wars of the 1990s in this "tightly paced mystery" (Los Angeles Times).
In the center of historic Edinburgh, Scotland, builders are preparing to demolish a disused Victorian Gothic building. They are understandably surprised to find skeletal remains hidden in a high pinnacle that hasn't been touched by maintenance for years. Who do the bones belong to, and how did they get there? Could the eccentric British pastime of free climbing the outside of buildings play a role? Enter cold case detective Karen Pirie, who gets to work trying to establish the corpse's identity. And when it turns out the bones may be from as far away as former Yugoslavia, Karen will need to dig deeper than she ever imagined into the tragic history of the Balkans: to war crimes and their consequences, and ultimately to the notion of what justice is and who serves it.
"McDermid melds the political thriller with the police procedural for an intense novel."—Associated Press
In the center of historic Edinburgh, Scotland, builders are preparing to demolish a disused Victorian Gothic building. They are understandably surprised to find skeletal remains hidden in a high pinnacle that hasn't been touched by maintenance for years. Who do the bones belong to, and how did they get there? Could the eccentric British pastime of free climbing the outside of buildings play a role? Enter cold case detective Karen Pirie, who gets to work trying to establish the corpse's identity. And when it turns out the bones may be from as far away as former Yugoslavia, Karen will need to dig deeper than she ever imagined into the tragic history of the Balkans: to war crimes and their consequences, and ultimately to the notion of what justice is and who serves it.
"McDermid melds the political thriller with the police procedural for an intense novel."—Associated Press
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Format:
Book
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780802123091
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APA Citation (style guide)
McDermid, V. (2014). The skeleton road. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)McDermid, Val. 2014. The Skeleton Road. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)McDermid, Val, The Skeleton Road. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 2014.
MLA Citation (style guide)McDermid, Val. The Skeleton Road. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 2014.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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