Unmarked Graves, Neil Broadfoot
Unmarked Graves, Neil Broadfoot
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Unmarked Graves

Author: Neil Broadfoot

Narrator: Angus King

Unabridged: 10 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/16/2023


Synopsis

Can a killer ever be on the side of justice?

In 1983, Professor Robert Balfour was found floating in Airthrey Loch at the heart of Stirling University's campus. His death was deemed a tragic accident but there were other, darker rumours. The death of a politics professor allegedly linked to the armed wing of the Scottish Liberation Brigade was always going to attract conspiracy theories.

But that's all they were. Theories. Until now.

To mark the 40th anniversary of his father's death, Jonathan Rodriguez has travelled back to Stirling - and he's brought a camera crew with him. Rodriguez is convinced his father's death was no accident - and that at least one of the killers wore a uniform. Desperate to make the problem go away, DCI Malcolm Ford turns to Connor Fraser for help. And then another body is found at nearby Bannockburn.

On the trail of a double killer, Connor is forced to confront dark truths about the meaning of justice. And those truths may just break his heart - or stop it, for good.

Praise for Neil Broadfoot:

'Give Reacher a Scottish accent and a better moral compass and you get Connor Fraser' Tony Kent

'Tense, fast-moving and bloody. Broadfoot's best yet' Mason Cross

'A true rising star of crime fiction' Ian Rankin

'Beautifully crafted . . . There's no filler, no exposition, just action, dialogue and layering of tension that'll hold you breathless until the very end' Helen Fields

'Wonderfully grisly and grim, and a cracking pace' James Oswald

'A frantic, pacy read with a compelling hero' Steve Cavanagh

About Neil Broadfoot

Neil Broadfoot worked as a journalist for 15 years at both national and local newspapers, including The Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday and the Evening News, covering some of the biggest stories of the day. Falling Fast, which was shortlisted for the Dundee International Book Prize, is the first in the Edinburgh-set McGregor and Drummond series of thrillers.His new Stirling-set series, which begins with No Man's Land and features close protection expert Connor Fraser, has been hailed as "tense, fast moving and bloody" and "atmospheric, twisty and explosive" with a "complex cast of characters and a compelling hero". No Man's Land was longlisted for the 2019 McIlvanney Award.As a father of two girls, Neil finds himself regularly outnumbered in his own home. He is also one of the Four Blokes In Search of a Plot, a quartet of crime writers who live write a story based on suggestions from the audience. The Four Blokes have appeared in England, Spain and Scotland, including at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ali

My guess is that most Australians, if asked about modern mass killings, would, in addition to the Holocaust, be quick to identify Pol Pot's killing fields in 1970s Cambodia, and Rwanda's 1994 massacres attempted genocide. Few would think of the 1965 massacres throughout Indonesia which killed more t......more

Goodreads review by Heather

This is a gripping and powerful book. Its writing is lucid, engaging and moving, drawing us in to intensely personal stories. But its arguments are always based on careful, thorough research and thoughtful analysis. This book takes us beyond the terrible massacres - as tragic as they were - into the......more