Song of the Dead (DI Westphall Series #1)

by Douglas Lindsay

Overview

Police detective Ben Westphall is burnt out and leading a quiet life in the North of Scotland. Thing change when he’s assigned to investigate the cold case of a UK national who disappeared in Eastern Europe under mysterious circumstances and who, despite being declared dead, has re-appeared, claiming to have been held for over a decade, various body parts having been harvested during that time. Westphall travels to Estonia, chasing leads and shadows that may lead to international drugs and organ trafficking conspiracy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781473696914
Publisher:	Hodder & Stoughton, Ltd.
Publication date:	08/11/2020
Series:	DI Westphall Series , #1
Pages:	416
Sales rank:	1,066,140
Product dimensions:	5.12(w) x 7.87(h) x 1.12(d)

About the Author

Douglas Lindsay is the author of The Legend of Barney Thomson, as well as six other books in the Barney series.

Editorial Reviews

09/26/2016
Det. Insp. Ben Westphall, the glum narrator of this haunting series launch from Lindsay (Lost in Juarez), once traveled the world with Britain’s security services until he nearly died in a plane crash in central Africa. Now he’s holed up in the relative quiet of Scotland’s Dingwall, avoiding air travel. All that changes when he’s sent to Estonia (via ferry and car) to investigate claims that tourist John Baden, who allegedly died 12 years earlier on a trip to the Baltic country with his girlfriend, is actually alive. Baden—whose body was found in a lake on the Russian border—recently walked into a Tartu police station and told a fantastical story about being held captive for over a decade and used for organ harvesting and sex by his captors. When Baden’s story checks out, Westphall questions everything about the original investigation, particularly how DNA could match a corpse and a man who’s very much alive. With this richly atmospheric and unrelentingly dark outing, Lindsay solidifies his place as one of the rising stars of tartan noir. (Nov.)

Publishers Weekly

With this richly atmospheric and unrelentingly dark outing, Lindsay solidifies his place as one of the rising stars of tartan noir.” —Publishers Weekly

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