Val McDermid

Gavin is an excellent writer; but he can never seem to come up with a credible plot. On meeting Natasha at a creative writing group he thinks he has met his soulmate. She is attractive and her plots are amazing. Combining their skills, their stories become internet sensations. But when tragedy strikes, will the stories survive?

When a skeleton is discovered hidden at the top of a gothic Victorian building in Edinburgh, which is scheduled for renovation, Cold Case Squad detective Karen Pirie is given the task of identifying the decades-old bones. Her investigation leads her back to past conflicts, false identities and buried secrets... X rated, contains graphic violence.