This is the latest in Lin Anderson's marvellous gritty Scottish crime series featuring forensic scientist Dr Rhona MacLeod and the tight knit group of investigators with a long history that include her forensic assistant, Chrissy McInsh, nothing escapes her attention, Glasgow DS Michael McNab, his partner DS Janice Clark, his boss, DI Bill Wilson and Professor Magnus Pirie. Rhona is on Skye when she gets called to Arisaig, the site of a shallow grave in the machair, discovered in the search for Francine and Derek Henderson's missing 4 year old daughter, Lucy. It's an extraordinarily beautiful, and idyllic coastal location that attracts motor homes and a number of wild lone campers. The murdered victim is a young woman in a wetsuit who has been dead for some time. What is more concerning is that there are signs of a violent incident in the tent of a missing young woman who had arrived at the campsite the previous evening.

In Glasgow there are rumours of a police officer carrying out sexual assaults on young women, and McNab being McNab is investigating unofficially, and after ill advisedly getting involved with a young woman, he finds himself in a world of trouble, exacerbated by the fact that he refused to talk about it to anyone. His life descends into a nightmare when a friend and police super recogniser identifies him on CCTV. As a dog walker comes across the broken and dead body of another young woman on a beach, the terrifying implication is that there is a serial killer targeting similar looking lone young woman wild camping on the NC500 route. Rhona finds herself the confidant of the 2 young Henderson children, Orly and Lucy, who it appears might have vital info, as she, the police team and Pirie race to prevent more killings.

Anderson skilfully constructs a complex and intriguing deadly mystery of what is happening to young women camping on Scotland's majestic wild coast, with connections that slowly emerge with events happening in Glasgow, with a McNab whose poor decisionmaking results in him feeling the net closing around him. Fortunately for him, his friends and colleagues, whilst exasperated, believe in him, but is it enough? Fans of Anderson and this smashing long running series will likely love this, as indeed will new readers who encounter it for the first time. A wonderful series with a great set of what is by now a well established set of characters it is always a pleasure to renew my acquaintance with. Highly recommended. Many thanks to the publisher for an ARC.

This is another great read in the consistently good Rhona MacLeod series set in Scotland. It's a complex and tight woven plot, involving the whole team of characters and DS Mc Nab is in trouble again. The usual high standard of writing, filled with twists and excellent characterisation, makes it an easy 5* read. I highly recommend the whole series. Thanks to Net Galley for my ARC.

The 17th book in the series about forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod and every bit as good as the first. Set in and around the beautiful West coast and islands of Scotland and in Glasgow. Rhona is called back from holiday to investigate a body of a young woman found in a shallow grave near a campsite. Throw in the disappearance of another obviously bruised and battered lone female kayaker from the same campsite and a family with a domineering father and scared wife and children in the van next door to her and the scene is set. Rhona and her colleagues proceed to investigate the perpetrators. The twists and surprises come thick and fast. A well researched and thoroughly enjoyable read I'm happy to recommend.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read an advance copy. All opinions are my own.

A wild, exciting story travelling from the Atlantic coastline of Northern Scotland, to Loch Lomond and into Glasgow. Young women are going missing and one turns up dead after being kept alive for a month. Another after only a day - and one - who knows, is she dead or alive. It's a race against time to find her. All the while there are rumours of a copper sexually assaulting women in the area of Glasgow that the women have been seen in before abduction.

Loved it - makes me want to visit the Wild Coast

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher I read a free advance review copy of the book. This review is voluntary, honest and my own opinion.

I finished this book in a day. I kept saying 'just one more page' until I had finished it. The characters were well written and believable and there were enough twists to keep me guessing what was going to happen next. Even the description of the locations made it easy to imagine. I think this would make a good TV series

Really enjoyed this book. Excellent story. Lots of action and twists and turns. Well worth reading.

Looking forward to more from Lin Anderson
Many thanks to the author and publisher for the ARC and opportunity to enjoy this wonderful book