A body wedged between volcanic rocks. A dating app killer. A remote peninsula hiding dark secrets.
When a dog walker discovers a woman's body on the isolated shores of Sanna Bay, DI Sarah Lynch knows immediately this is no accidental drowning. The victim is Elle Turner, a primary school teacher from Bristol who came to the Scottish Highlands for a solo hiking holiday—and never returned.
The autopsy reveals a chilling truth: Elle was drugged with GHB, beaten, and left to drown whilst incapacitated. Someone planned her murder with methodical precision.
As Sarah investigates, a disturbing pattern emerges. Elle had matched with "Jamie" on a dating app—a charming outdoor photographer who knew the peninsula's hidden trails. But Jamie doesn't exist. The photos are stolen. The profile is fake. And the person behind it has vanished without a trace.
The investigation leads Sarah to the Ardnamurchan Peninsula's tight-knit community, where a troubled seventeen-year-old boy, Kyle Gallagher, works odd jobs at local hostels. Kyle seems helpful at first. Too helpful. And when digital forensics uncover a burner phone hidden in his bedroom, Sarah realises she's hunting something far more calculating than a teenage killer—she's facing a predator who studied his victim, exploited her kindness, and weaponised the landscape's isolation.
But proving it means breaking through layers of deception, family loyalty, and a father willing to risk everything to protect his son.
In the unforgiving beauty of the Scottish Highlands, DI Sarah Lynch must expose a killer who thought the wilderness would keep his secrets forever.
The tenth instalment in the DCI Sarah Lynch series delivers a taut, atmospheric crime thriller perfect for fans of Ann Cleeves, LJ Ross, and Val McDermid.
Genre: Mystery
When a dog walker discovers a woman's body on the isolated shores of Sanna Bay, DI Sarah Lynch knows immediately this is no accidental drowning. The victim is Elle Turner, a primary school teacher from Bristol who came to the Scottish Highlands for a solo hiking holiday—and never returned.
The autopsy reveals a chilling truth: Elle was drugged with GHB, beaten, and left to drown whilst incapacitated. Someone planned her murder with methodical precision.
As Sarah investigates, a disturbing pattern emerges. Elle had matched with "Jamie" on a dating app—a charming outdoor photographer who knew the peninsula's hidden trails. But Jamie doesn't exist. The photos are stolen. The profile is fake. And the person behind it has vanished without a trace.
The investigation leads Sarah to the Ardnamurchan Peninsula's tight-knit community, where a troubled seventeen-year-old boy, Kyle Gallagher, works odd jobs at local hostels. Kyle seems helpful at first. Too helpful. And when digital forensics uncover a burner phone hidden in his bedroom, Sarah realises she's hunting something far more calculating than a teenage killer—she's facing a predator who studied his victim, exploited her kindness, and weaponised the landscape's isolation.
But proving it means breaking through layers of deception, family loyalty, and a father willing to risk everything to protect his son.
In the unforgiving beauty of the Scottish Highlands, DI Sarah Lynch must expose a killer who thought the wilderness would keep his secrets forever.
The tenth instalment in the DCI Sarah Lynch series delivers a taut, atmospheric crime thriller perfect for fans of Ann Cleeves, LJ Ross, and Val McDermid.
Genre: Mystery
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