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John Baden, long-declared dead, walks into a police station in the middle of Estonia. Soon, the past will follow. Ghostly, deadly, and terrifying…
Former MI6 officer, Ben Westphall, has been living a relatively quiet life as a detective on the Black Isle, in the north of Scotland. However, he is drawn back into his former world when he is assigned to investigate the cold case of a UK national in Estonia. Previously found dead, his body repatriated, John Baden reappears with a story of kidnap, torture and the harvesting of body parts.
Westphall travels to Estonia, chasing the shadows of the past, in a case that quickly leads to organised crime and international organ trafficking. Back on the Black Isle, however, people start dying, and Westphall must head home.
One by one the players fall, and with every death the ghosts encroach, as Westphall finds himself at the centre of a twelve year-old tale of police corruption, double identity and murder.
The Song of the Dead is a Tartan Noir tour de force. Lindsay writes with an economy and skill all too rare in modern fiction. Tony Black
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A darkly atmospheric thriller with a labyrinthine plot with more twists than a Grand Prix track. — Michael Wood, author of the DCI Matilda Darke series
A really addictive plot, and so atmospheric. Clever and unexpected — S D Sykes, author of the Oswald de Lacy series
A really tense murder mystery Jaffa Reads Too
As a hero, Westphall has a lot to offer and Song of the Dead is a sufficiently complex and gripping introductory case . . . all the indications are for a bright fictional future Shots Magazine
Readers who enjoy James Oswalds crime novels will devour fellow Scottish author Douglas Lindsays ominous and atmospheric Song of the Dead…A brilliant introduction to the DI Westphall series Culturefly
Richly atmospheric . . . Lindsay solidifies his place as one of the rising stars of tartan noir Publishers Weekly
The novels immersive and compelling dark mood whets the appetite for future instalments Glasgow Herald
A Tartan Noir tour de force. Lindsay writes with an economy and skill all too rare in modern fiction . . . Brilliant — Tony Black, author of the DI Bob Valentine series
Douglas Lindsay is an underrated writer with an eccentric, blisteringly satirical voice . . . enjoyably bizarre. I loved it Sunday Express
About the Author
Douglas Lindsay was born in Scotland in 1964. He worked for the European Union and has lived in Senegal and several other countries, including Estonia where he currently resides. His debut novel The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson was followed by six others in the series and was recently made into the film The Legend of Barney Thomson, starring Emma Thompson, Ray Winstone and Robert Carlyle, who also directed. He has written a number of other crime novels.
Product details
ASIN : B078FQJSVF
Publisher : Long Midnight Publishing
Accessibility : Learn more
Publication date : 15 Dec. 2017
Language : English
File size : 1.8 MB
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 418 pages
Page Flip : Enabled
Book 1 of 3 : DI Westphall
Best Sellers Rank: 1,236 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
1 in Scandinavian Crime
4 in Scottish Crime
7 in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Literary Fiction
648 : 4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars
