Val McDermid

A superb psychological thriller in which present-day murder has its roots in the eighteenth century and the mutiny on The Bounty. Imagine an undiscovered manuscript by William Wordsworth. Imagine that manuscript relates to an unknown version of the mutiny on The Bounty in the words of Fletcher Christian. Imagine what it would be worth, and what passions it would stir. There is a strong rumour in the Lake District that, contrary to popular belief,...