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Pub Date 14 Aug 2025 | Archive Date 14 Aug 2025

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'One of the most satisfying characters in modern crime fiction' - Daily Mail

An ancient grave. A modern evil. The Dead and the Dying is a pulse-pounding instalment in the Rhona MacLeod series, perfect for fans of Ian Rankin, Martina Cole and Silent Witness.


In the dim morning light, Orkney’s Skaill Bay is the backdrop for a calamity of nature’s making. When forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod joins the rescue efforts as a volunteer, she uncovers more than she bargained for: a human skeleton entombed in a stone crypt.

The grave is believed to hail from the Viking Age, but Rhona's analysis of the content points to more recent and sinister evil. And a shadow is thrown over the investigation when the skeleton is finally identified – and unsettling connections emerge between the victim and the very people trying to solve the case.

As forensic clues lead Rhona to a second, horrifying discovery, the question looms: how many more secrets are concealed in the sand?

'Lin Anderson is one of Scotland’s national treasures' - Stuart MacBride, author of the Logan McRae series

'The best Scottish crime series since Rebus' - Daily Record


Readers love Lin Anderson:

'This series just keeps getting better'
'I was totally glued the whole way through'
'Atmospheric, descriptive, engrossing'

'One of the most satisfying characters in modern crime fiction' - Daily Mail

An ancient grave. A modern evil. The Dead and the Dying is a pulse-pounding instalment in the Rhona MacLeod series, perfect...


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ISBN 9781035029259
PRICE £20.00 (GBP)
PAGES 416

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