Silent Bones

When a landslide reveals a skeleton buried under a major road the Historic Cases Unit is called in to investigate. Eleven years previously, investigative journalist Sam Nimmo had disappeared shortly after the murdered body of his fiancee had been discovered. Sam had been the prime suspect but now it appears that he was a victim, not a killer. Meanwhile the brother of person who died in another cold case visits the HCU with possible new evidence to his brother's death. 

Karen Pirie and her team work tirelessly to understand what really happened to cause these deaths plus another death which had initially been considered an accident. As the investigations continue it becomes obvious who was behind the crimes. But, although HCU might be able to establish what happened, collecting enough evidence to convict the suspects is another challenge, especially when the suspects are part of Scotland's rich and powerful elite.

Silent Bones is the third book in Karen Pirie series of crime books written by Val McDermid.