MSCOZY reviewed on 6/1/2010 + 140 more book reviews

Second book in the series. Dr. David Hunter is asked to look at some remains on a remote Scottish island. He is told that it is reported as being possibly suspicious circumstances and he is to go and decide if there is any need to investigate. All available police investigators are needed at a major train derailment and DS Wallace is hesitant to send anyone in case it turns out to be nothing. He tells Dr. Hunter to report his conclusions.

So he is sent with a rookie constable and an alcoholic Sergeant to an island that is accessible only by ferry. Upon arriving at the scene, Dr. Hunter finds what appears to be a body almost totally burned except for the feet and one hand. How was the body burned in a shack without the shack catching fire and who is the victim? To add to the problems, a very powerful storm hits the island knocking out the electricity as well as communications. And no one is able to sail to or from the island due to the storm. What ensues next is lots of suspicion on the close-knit island followed by more murder.

Simon Beckett's writing draws the reader in and I found it hard to put the book down. It was a fast read with a few surprises. If you read his first book, Chemistry of Death, you will not be disappointed with his sequel. I gave it four stars.

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