Karen Pirie Novels: Broken Ground : A Karen Pirie Novel (Series #5) (Hardcover)

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A body is discovered buried in a bog along with a WWII vintage motorcycle on a remote Scottish farm. The Historic Cases Unit headed by Karen Pirie is already investigating a series of unsolved vicious rapes from decades ago after one of the victims, left disabled by the attack, dies and new infor...

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Broken Ground is Val McDermid's thirty-second novel, but the first one I've read. Surprising to discover such a wonderful entry to the mystery genre. In this Scottish Cold Case investigation, the author juggles three cases, two continents and numerous recurring characters. A smart, well written n...

from jfe16

Alice Somerville travels to a Highland peat bog to claim the vintage motorbikes her grandfather buried there at the end of the Second World War. But a body entombed with one of the motorbike crates short circuits her plan to claim the bikes and return home. Detective Chief Inspector Karen Pirie, ...

from bm2ng

This is the fifth book in the DCI Karen Pirie series. I had not read any of the previous books but this works as a stand alone. It is a police procedural story set in Scotland. DCI Karen Pirie is in charge of the Historical Crimes Unit charged with solving cold cases. Despite the fact that she ha...

from Eyejaybee

Val McDermid is one of our most prolific novelists (this is, I believe, her thirty-second fiction book), and along with a few 'stand-alone' stories she has written several series. Perhaps the best known is the series featuring Detective Inspector Carol Jordan and Dr Tony Hill, which transferred (...