Jane Tennison is leading a murder investigation into the recent brutal death of a young girl, her decomposed starved body discovered in an old air raid shelter in the garden of the Lanark’s now derelict house. Initially the focus is on identifying the victim, until another body is found, hidden in the walls of the shelter.

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As a retired police officer myself, I can say that she explores and provides in-depth knowledge of police and forensic procedure to a really high level, and that alone is very impressive considering she was never actually a serving police office herself.It is a lame attempt to delve into a family history in boring details to unearth a past crime which, I’m afraid, dims La Plante’s brilliant lights! Jane's given little (well, no) kudos for her work but having also uncovered a baby's bones during the investigation she's is keen to pursue it, particularly when she discovers the newborn was smothered. In 2008, she was awarded aCBEin the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to Literature, Drama and Charity.

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Lynda LaPlanteis the first lay person to be awarded an honorary fellowship to the Forensic Science Society. However, and believe me I hate to leave a negative review, but wow; there was very little I enjoyed of this book. Her former co-workers ignore her, her boss doesn’t bat an eyelash…until a serial killer strikes back and the force is stuck trying to find a missing witness. The worst part of all is when Page discovers that her colleagues have already determined Cindy is the killer, and have charged her with the act.One of the cases that she is working on, that involves the murder of a quiet woman (there seems to be no motive that they can find), turns out it is linked to James Langton’s.