[1][2] Set in the Outer Hebrides, this crime novel features forensic anthropologist Dr. David Hunter.

In this volume, he is called in to examine a badly burned body found in a deserted house on a small island while contending with both personal and professional obstacles.

It received positive reviews as being better than Beckett's first novel, with satisfying plot twists and well-implemented scientific details.

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