#BookReview Whispers of the Dead by Lin Anderson @PGCBooks @panmacmillan #RhonaMacLeod #LinAnderson #WhispersOfTheDead #PGCBooks Title: Whispers of the Dead

Author: Lin Anderson

Series: Rhona MacLeod #18

Published by: Pan Macmillan on Oct. 1, 2024

Genres: Mystery/Thriller, Police Procedural

Pages: 400

Format: Hardcover

Source: Publishers Group Canada

Book Rating: 9/10

A gangland slaying. A missing movie star. When an actor goes missing in Glasgow, the clue to his whereabouts could be in the film script itself. Whispers of the Dead is a gripping new thriller from Lin Anderson.

In the dead of night, a man’s body is found strapped to a chair in Glasgow’s Elder Park, his identity unknown. As forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod examines the scene, the violence on display suggests a gangland feud could be the cause. At the post-mortem, a bullet engraved with a snake’s head is found in the man’s stomach, lending weight to the theory.

Elsewhere in the city, a major Hollywood movie is being filmed. But shooting comes to a standstill when its lead actor is reported missing. As the news spreads, Police Scotland believe the two cases may be connected.

DS Michael McNab thinks the key to finding those responsible could be the film itself. A storyline playing out in real-life on the streets of Glasgow with a killer intent on revenge at any cost. A vendetta which must be paid in blood.

Though they can be enjoyed in any order, Whispers of the Dead is the eighteenth book in the Rhona MacLeod series.


Review:

Sophisticated, gritty, and menacing!

Whispers of the Dead is a well-paced, engrossing police procedural that sees forensic scientist Rhona Macleod and her team tangled up in two new complicated cases involving what appears to be a vicious gang-style killing of a man who may have seen or said too much and a missing Hollywood movie star.

The prose is sinister and tight. The characters are layered, troubled, and intelligent. And the plot is an intricate, intense tale full of secrets, surprises, community, suspects, deduction, corruption, manipulation, trauma, deception, violence, murder, and the loss of innocence.

Overall, Whispers of the Dead is another ominous, atmospheric, devious addition to the Rhona MacLeod series by Anderson that ultimately left me captivated, disturbingly entertained, and undoubtedly confident that there’s a lot more crime still to take place on the streets of Glasgow.

 

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Thank you to PGC Books for gifting me a copy in exchange for an honest review.

 

About Lin Anderson

Lin Anderson is a Scottish author and screenwriter known for her bestselling crime series featuring forensic scientist Dr Rhona MacLeod. Four of her novels have been longlisted for the Scottish Crime Book of the Year, with Follow the Dead being a 2018 finalist. Her short film River Child won both a Scottish BAFTA for Best Fiction and the Celtic Film Festival’s Best Drama award and has now been viewed more than one million times on YouTube. Lin is also the co-founder of the international crime writing festival Bloody Scotland, which takes place annually in Stirling.