A climber falls. A geologist dies. A corporation kills.
The man was an experienced mountaineer. His death on Ben Nevis looks like a tragic accident—a fall, a broken rope, winter conditions claiming another victim. But Detective Inspector Sarah Lynch sees what others miss: the rope was sabotaged.
The fallen climber worked for Caledonian Energy Solutions, surveying Highland sites for wind farm development. What he discovered wasn't renewable energy potential—it was rare earth mineral deposits worth hundreds of millions. His employer wanted him to hide the findings and proceed with the wind farm fraud. Morrison refused. He planned to blow the whistle.
So they murdered him and made it look like an accident.
Now Sarah must prove corporate conspiracy in a case where evidence is literally frozen at 4,000 feet, where witnesses are corporate lawyers trained to obstruct, and where her own superiors warn her to back off before she destroys her career. Before the conspiracy reaches higher than she imagined—into Police Scotland itself.
DCI Duncan Reid, Sarah's former superior, has been protecting corporate criminals for years. He knows Sarah is close to exposing him. He'll do anything to stop her investigation—including destroying evidence, intimidating witnesses, and threatening Sarah's life.
Sarah won't stop. Not when the man's widow deserves justice. Not when corporate criminals believe Highland isolation makes them untouchable. Not when corruption reaches into her own station.
This case will transform Sarah's life in ways she can't predict—bringing her face-to-face with mountain rescue coordinator Callum Fraser, forcing her to choose between career advancement and Highland justice, and revealing that her "exile" to Fort William wasn't random at all.
A gripping thriller about corporate conspiracy, institutional corruption, and one detective's refusal to be silenced.
Book 4 in the Detective Sarah Lynch Mysteries—where climbing deaths expose corporate crimes.
Genre: Mystery
The man was an experienced mountaineer. His death on Ben Nevis looks like a tragic accident—a fall, a broken rope, winter conditions claiming another victim. But Detective Inspector Sarah Lynch sees what others miss: the rope was sabotaged.
The fallen climber worked for Caledonian Energy Solutions, surveying Highland sites for wind farm development. What he discovered wasn't renewable energy potential—it was rare earth mineral deposits worth hundreds of millions. His employer wanted him to hide the findings and proceed with the wind farm fraud. Morrison refused. He planned to blow the whistle.
So they murdered him and made it look like an accident.
Now Sarah must prove corporate conspiracy in a case where evidence is literally frozen at 4,000 feet, where witnesses are corporate lawyers trained to obstruct, and where her own superiors warn her to back off before she destroys her career. Before the conspiracy reaches higher than she imagined—into Police Scotland itself.
DCI Duncan Reid, Sarah's former superior, has been protecting corporate criminals for years. He knows Sarah is close to exposing him. He'll do anything to stop her investigation—including destroying evidence, intimidating witnesses, and threatening Sarah's life.
Sarah won't stop. Not when the man's widow deserves justice. Not when corporate criminals believe Highland isolation makes them untouchable. Not when corruption reaches into her own station.
This case will transform Sarah's life in ways she can't predict—bringing her face-to-face with mountain rescue coordinator Callum Fraser, forcing her to choose between career advancement and Highland justice, and revealing that her "exile" to Fort William wasn't random at all.
A gripping thriller about corporate conspiracy, institutional corruption, and one detective's refusal to be silenced.
Book 4 in the Detective Sarah Lynch Mysteries—where climbing deaths expose corporate crimes.
Genre: Mystery
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