A Darker Domain Author:Val McDermid It seemed like an unsolvable mystery at the time: a wealthy heiress and son kidnapped in Fife, then a botched payoff, leaving her dead with no trace of the child. — So when, over twenty-five years later, a possible clue is discovered by a journalist in Tuscany, cold-case expert DI Karen Pirie doesn't hold much hope of unravelling the infamous eni... more »gma.
She's already investigating a case from the same year. At the height of the miner's strike, Mick Prentice broke ranks to join 'scab' strike-breakers down south. But new evidence suggests Mick's disappearance may not be as straightforward as that-and Karen finds herself drawn into a dark domain of secrets, betrayal and murder...
Past and present intertwine in a novel of taut psychological suspense that explores the intersection of desire and greed.« less