# Silent Bones The brand-new, iconic Karen Pirie thriller from the no.1 bestselling author, Vol. 1

By **Val McDermid**

- ISBN-13: 9781408734049
- Series: [Silent Bones: The powerful new Karen Pirie thriller from the no.1 bestselling author](https://mybookbandits.com/series/silent-bones-the-powerful-new-karen-pirie-thriller-from-the-no1-bestselling-author)
- Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
- Pages: 448
- Published: 23 Oct 2025
- Language: en
- Price: £12.84 (new)
- Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Suspense, Thrillers

## About this book

A Scottish landslide exposes a body entombed beneath a motorway for eleven years, launching DCI Karen Pirie’s Historic Cases Unit into a complex investigation.  Silent Bones, the first volume in the Karen Pirie thriller series from No. 1 bestseller Val McDermid, identifies the victim as journalist Sam Nimmo, once suspected in his fiancée's murder.  As Pirie digs into Nimmo’s buried past, a reopened case in Edinburgh connects an accidental death to a book club hiding dangerous truths.

The dual mysteries converge on Scotland’s powerful elite, pushing Pirie’s team to its limits.  This suspense fiction weaves police procedure with keen detective work, delivering the taut mystery and unforeseen twists that define the Karen Pirie series, now a major TV show.  Silent Bones stands as a gripping entry in the thriller category, proving why McDermid’s crime novels remain essential reading for fans of mystery and detective fiction.

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