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The Winter Dead

Detective Shona Oliver 6

Lynne McEwan
The sixth novel in Lynne McEwan’s series featuring Shona Oliver finds the Dumfries-based DI, already under intense personal pressure, faced with solving a case where she has a murder weapon – a blood-soaked hammer found in a lorryload of wood delivered to a local pub – but no victim.
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Product information:
  • Publisher: Canelo
  • Year: 2025
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 348pp
  • Illustrated: No
  • Dimensions: 196x128mm
  • ISBN: 9781835980682
  • Condition: New
  • Weight: 0.2kg
Product code:
545293
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How do you solve a murder when you don't have the body?A blood-soaked hammer is discovered in a lorryload of wood delivered to a local pub. DI Shona Oliver appears to have a murder weapon, but where is the victim?
Then a call comes in that local forest ranger and ex-soldier John MacFarlane isn't answering his phone. There's no sign of MacFarlane at his cottage, and the only clue the team have to go on is a bloody trail in the snow which ends abruptly and leads to nowhere. A manhunt begins.
It seems something from MacFarlance's past may have caught up with him. But what exactly is unclear. And Shona has her own past to contend with when someone from long ago makes an unexpected reappearance. Can she keep her head in the game?
A fast-paced, twisty Scottish crime thriller. Perfect for fans of Lin Anderson, Val McDermid and Neil Lancaster.


Praise for The Winter Dead'McEwan crafts yet another atmospheric thriller, blending police procedural detail, human drama and the perils of rural crime detection. In The Winter Dead, nothing is as dangerous as the weather. Except a cold hearted killer.' Caro Ramsey
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