Author: Peter Robinson
Year: 1999
Genres: Mystery, Horror & Suspense - British Mysteries
Awards: Best Novel (Anthony Award), Best Novel (Barry Award), Grand Prix de Littérature Policière (France), Martin Beck Award (Sweden)
Nominated: Best Novel (Edgar Award), Best Literary Crime Novel (Dashiell Hammett Award), Best Mystery Novel (Macavity Award), Best Novel (Arthur Ellis Award)
When a drought uncovers a long-drowned small village and the skeleton of a murder victim from the 1940s, DCI Alan Banks and DS Annie Cabott are called in to investigate. The novel switches back-and-forth between the present-day investigation and flashbacks to the events leading up to the murder.
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