Death is just the beginning. The Skelf women live in the shadow of death every day, running the family funeral directors and private investigator business in Edinburgh. But now their own grief interwines with that of their clients, as they are left reeling by shocking past events.
A fist-fight by an open grave leads Dorothy to investigate the possibility of a faked death, while a young woman's obsession with Hannah threatens her relationship with Indy and puts them both in mortal danger.
An elderly man claims he's being abused by the ghost of his late wife, while ghosts of another kind come back to haunt Jenny from the grave pushing her to breaking point.
As the Skelfs struggle with increasingly unnerving cases and chilling danger lurks close to home, it becomes clear that grief, in all its forms, can be deadly.
Praise for The Skelfs series:
Shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Best Scottish Crime Book of the Year
Longlisted for Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year
Shortlisted for Amazon Publishing Capital Crime Thriller of the Year*
| ISBN: | 9781914585296 |
| Publication date: | 29th September 2022 |
| Author: | Doug Johnstone |
| Publisher: | Orenda Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 260 pages |
| Series: | The Skelfs Series |
| Primary Genre | Thriller and Suspense |
| Other Genres: |
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Death is just the beginning. The Skelf women live in the shadow of death every day, running the family funeral directors and private investigator business in Edinburgh. But now their own grief interwines with that of their clients, as they are left reeling by shocking past events.
A fist-fight by an open grave leads Dorothy to investigate the possibility of a faked death, while a young woman's obsession with Hannah threatens her relationship with Indy and puts them both in mortal danger.
An elderly man claims he's being abused by the ghost of his late wife, while ghosts of another kind come back to haunt Jenny from the grave pushing her to breaking point.
As the Skelfs struggle with increasingly unnerving cases and chilling danger lurks close to home, it becomes clear that grief, in all its forms, can be deadly.
Praise for The Skelfs series:
Shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Best Scottish Crime Book of the Year
Longlisted for Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year
Shortlisted for Amazon Publishing Capital Crime Thriller of the Year*
Black Hearts features in the following genres: Thriller and Suspense, Crime and Mystery, Family Drama, General Fiction, Romance / Relationship Stories, Sagas, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: Social issues, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Fiction, Fiction: narrative themes
Black Hearts is available in Paperback, Ebook
Black Hearts was written by Doug Johnstone and published by Orenda Books
Black Hearts has 260 pages
Yes it is part of The Skelfs Series series
£8.09
