The latest case for forensic scientist Dr Rhona MacLeod has the hallmark of Lin Anderson’s long-running crime series which comes to Arisaig in Wild Coast by Lin Anderson (Pan Macmillan, £18.99), the 17th. It’s the way this week’s Star Read instantly sets the scene, writer Lin Anderson's richly described landscape transporting you to the beauty of the west coast, before the inevitable murder that brings Rhona and the police on site. Here, the story begins with a missing child, a body in a shallow grave quickly being discovered in the searches plus a sinister stick man found at the scene. It all sets up one of the forensic expert’s most chilling challenges, as the Carrbridge writer notches up her popular character's 20th year. Crime writer Lin Anderson from Carrbridge.

Source: The Times October 08, 2023 21:03 UTC