A rattle of bones /
Skelton, Douglas,
A rattle of bones / Douglas Skelton. - First North American edition. - 289 pages ; 24 cm. - Rebecca Connolly thriller series ; 3 . - Skelton, Douglas. Rebecca Connolly ; 3. .
Sequel to: The blood is still. Three hundred years ago clan leader James Stewart was falsely accused of murder in a miscarriage of justice. Now his gravesite has become a rally point for a modern James Stewart, who has been in prison for tens years for the brutal murder of his love, lawyer and politician Murdo Maxwell. Investigative reporter Rebecca Connolly discovers that, prior to his murder, Maxwell believe he was being following, and his phones were tapped. As Rebecca digs into the case, he is targeted by an Inverness crime matriarch who wants payback for a previous case. -- adapted from jacket
"When banners proclaiming the innocence of James Stewart spring up at the gravesite of his famous namesake...investigative reporter Rebecca Connolly smells a story...The young Stewart has been in prison for ten years for the brutal murder of his lover, lawyer and politician Murdo Maxwell...Rebecca soon discovers that, prior to his murder, Maxwell believed he was being followed...As Rebecca keeps digging, she finds herself in the sights of Inverness crime matriarch Mo Burke, who wants payback for the damage caused to her family in a previous case"--
9781956763010 1956763015
2022937888
Women journalists--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Organized crime--Fiction.
Revenge--Fiction.
FICTION / Crime.
Revenge.
Organized crime.
Murder--Investigation.
Women journalists.
Culloden (Scotland)--Fiction.
Highlands (Scotland)--Fiction.
Scotland--Highlands.
Scotland--Culloden.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Novels.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Fiction.
Novels.
Thrillers (Fiction)
PR6119.K45 / R38 2022
A rattle of bones / Douglas Skelton. - First North American edition. - 289 pages ; 24 cm. - Rebecca Connolly thriller series ; 3 . - Skelton, Douglas. Rebecca Connolly ; 3. .
Sequel to: The blood is still. Three hundred years ago clan leader James Stewart was falsely accused of murder in a miscarriage of justice. Now his gravesite has become a rally point for a modern James Stewart, who has been in prison for tens years for the brutal murder of his love, lawyer and politician Murdo Maxwell. Investigative reporter Rebecca Connolly discovers that, prior to his murder, Maxwell believe he was being following, and his phones were tapped. As Rebecca digs into the case, he is targeted by an Inverness crime matriarch who wants payback for a previous case. -- adapted from jacket
"When banners proclaiming the innocence of James Stewart spring up at the gravesite of his famous namesake...investigative reporter Rebecca Connolly smells a story...The young Stewart has been in prison for ten years for the brutal murder of his lover, lawyer and politician Murdo Maxwell...Rebecca soon discovers that, prior to his murder, Maxwell believed he was being followed...As Rebecca keeps digging, she finds herself in the sights of Inverness crime matriarch Mo Burke, who wants payback for the damage caused to her family in a previous case"--
9781956763010 1956763015
2022937888
Women journalists--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Organized crime--Fiction.
Revenge--Fiction.
FICTION / Crime.
Revenge.
Organized crime.
Murder--Investigation.
Women journalists.
Culloden (Scotland)--Fiction.
Highlands (Scotland)--Fiction.
Scotland--Highlands.
Scotland--Culloden.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Novels.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Fiction.
Novels.
Thrillers (Fiction)
PR6119.K45 / R38 2022