Burial of Ghosts
Synopsis
Burial of Ghosts is a page-turning standalone crime novel from Ann Cleeves, creator of the bestselling Vera, Two Rivers, and Shetland series.
Abandoned as a baby, twenty-five-year-old Lizzie Bartholomew spent her childhood moving between foster homes and has had more than her fair share of troubles.
Now a holiday in Morocco seems to be the perfect escape. Especially when she meets Philip, a fellow tourist. After a brief affair, Lizzie returns to England, only to find a solicitor's letter waiting for her.
Philip Samson has died and in his will, has left Lizzie a gift of ÂŁ15,000. But there are conditions attached to this unexpected legacy that will soon force Lizzie to confront terrifying secrets from her past life . . .
'Hauntingly written, it evokes every possible emotion with Ann’s gripping narrative’ – Woman
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Cleeves combines a flair for evoking sense of place with a thoughtful, complex plotThe Mail on Sunday
A traditional mystery of the best sortThe Guardian
Hauntingly written, it evokes every possible emotion with Ann’s gripping narrative’Woman
Brilliant, thoughtful and deeply engagingSara Paretsky, New York Times bestselling author of the V. I. Warshawski series