Dead and Gone

One murder. Two bodies. A chilling island secret . . .

Detective Fraser Brodie is at a grisly crime scene on the Isle of Harris. Local aristocrat Lord Edward Devlin has been brutally murdered, his skull bashed in. The violent and bloody scene is all the more shocking for the fact that the victim was eighty.

As forensics comb for evidence they uncover a second body - but this crime is not recent. Why are these remains on the Devlin Estate, and are the two deaths somehow connected?

With the help of his team, DI Fraser Brodie must race to find the killer and solve a crime that threatens to tear apart this small community. But with his brother out of prison for urgent hospital tests, will he be able to unearth the secrets and lies that have cast such a long shadow over this rugged and beautiful isle? A proud Perthshire lass and daughter of her school's favourite dinner lady, Kerry has been an avid reader since childhood. Deciding to put pen to paper nearly thirty years ago she has enjoyed every minute of it since. There's nothing better than closing the door and opening the laptop to create a whole new reality. Her own taste in books ranges from romantic comedy to horror, science fiction to suspense and everything in between. She lives in a small village with her husband, son and a rescue dog named Buddy. Her writing comes to you courtesy of tea and Bakewell tarts. The second instalment of the brand-new gripping and unputdownable Scottish crime thriller series Author is based in Perth, UK. Previously published by Bookouture. Perfect for fans of J.M. Dalgliesh, Rachel McLean, Joy Ellis and J.D. Kirk.