Burial of Ghosts
Ann Cleeves
03 August 2023
9781529070521Synopsis
Burial of Ghosts is a page-turning standalone crime novel from Ann Cleeves, author and creator of the three astounding TV series Shetland, Vera and The Long Call.
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 has left Lizzie a gift of ÂŁ15,000 in his will. But there are conditions attached to this unexpected legacy that will soon force Lizzie to confront terrifying secrets from her past life . . .
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
