What Lies Buried

Name: What Lies Buried
Brand: Hachette UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Margaret Kirk
ISBN: 9781409188681

Author: Margaret Kirk

Series: DI Lukas Mahler

Narrator: David Rintoul

Unabridged: 8 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orion

Published: 06/13/2019

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural, Crime, Nonfiction, History, European History, Suspense & Thriller, True Crime, Historical Fiction, Murder

Synopsis

'Shadow Man is a harrowing and horrific game of consequences' Val McDermid

THE BRILLIANTLY COMPELLING SECOND NOVEL IN THE DI LUKAS MAHLER SERIES

A missing child. A seventy-year-old murder. And a killer who's still on the loose.

Ten year-old Erin is missing; taken in broad daylight during a friend's birthday party. With no witnesses and no leads, DI Lukas Mahler races against time to find her. But is it already too late for Erin - and will her abductor stop at one stolen child?

And the discovery of human remains on a construction site near Inverness confronts Mahler's team with a cold case from the 1940s. Was Aeneas Grant's murder linked to a nearby POW camp, or is there an even darker story to be uncovered?

With his team stretched to the limit, Mahler's hunt for Erin's abductor takes him from Inverness to the Lake District. And decades-old family secrets link both casesin a shocking final twist.

WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT MARGARET KIRK'S DEBUT NOVEL SHADOW MAN:

'Gripping'

'Kept me on my toes right to the end'

'Another great detective is born'

'Shadow Man has a taut plot, maintains suspense cleverly and is crisply written'

'The city of Inverness is almost a character in its own right'

'A top-notch crime thriller, full of intricate twists with a disturbing insight into the mind of a cold blooded killer'

'Dark and atmospheric, I just couldn't put it down'

About Margaret Kirk

Margaret Morton Kirk is a Highland Scot and a graduate of Glasgow University. She is the winner of the Good Housekeeping Novel Competition 2016. Find her on Twitter @HighlandWriter.

About David Rintoul

David Rintoul has played leading parts with most of the major British theatre companies. Many television appearances include Darcy in the first BBC Pride and Prejudice. He frequently appears on radio and has recorded over a hundred audio books. At the time of recording he was playing Dr Jake Houseman in the original London cast of the smash-hit musical Dirty Dancing.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Shannon M (Canada) on May 03, 2021

I couldn’t decide whether to give this book 2 stars or 3. So what I do in these circumstances is to wait for a few days and then then see what I feel about it. After four days, I re-visited the book in my mind, and found that I couldn’t remember anything about the characters or the plot, only about t......more

Goodreads review by Kate on August 09, 2019

Really enjoyed this! I hadn't read the first, which meant that I missed out on some of the finer details of what is going on behind the scenes with some of the characters, but it didn't affect my enjoyment at all. Really good mystery, fab storytelling, atmospheric and an intriguing bunch of detectiv......more

Goodreads review by Nick on August 23, 2020

On paper, I should have enjoyed this Scottish police procedural set in and around Inverness more than I did. The plot was decent, the central character - though a bit of a 'troubled loner detective' stereotype - was easy to get on board with, and the standard of writing was good - some evocative des......more

Goodreads review by Ian on September 23, 2020

Book 2 in a series.... that hasnt moved on enough to make me want to continue There's nothing wrong with the writing or the story per se, its just too generic. The only thing to set it apart from a 100 other crime series in a location is Inverness. The lead detective Mahler has no distinguishing traits......more

Goodreads review by Jo on December 09, 2019

DI Lukas Mahler and his team are dealing with an abducted 10 year old, a cold case and their own personal demons. This newish series set in Inverness is fast becoming one of my favourites with Kirk's stellar writing, characterisation and storylines. More please.......more

Quotes

Margaret Kirk's brilliant Inverness series is atmospheric and gripping. She goes from strength to strength. What Lies Buried is an absolute cracker! Cass Green

Told with an admirable grasp on police procedure and an unerring feel for character, the truth gradually emerges from the horror: this is Tartan Noir at its very best. Daily Mail