Lin Anderson

Stephen, a six year-old boy has vanished, his mother and grandmother horrifically murdered. At the scene forensic scientist Rhona Macleod finds a chilling African talisman, made from the bones of a child. Can she decipher its meaning and track Stephen down before he becomes the next link in the killers' chain? X rated, contains offensive language and graphic violence.

When human remains are discovered behind an old primary school, on the remote island of Sanday, forensic expert Dr Rhona MacLeod arrives to excavate the grave. But the death of an old man in Glasgow appears to have links with the island, and DS Michael McNab is dispatched to investigate.