The 28 th twisting installment in the DCI Alan Banks mystery series that Stephen King calls the best now on the market.
As the two cases unfurl, the investigations twist and turn to an explosive conclusion..
Left with few clues, Banks and his team must rely on their wits to hunt down a killer.
Detective Superintendent Alan Banks and his team are called in to investigate, but there is little to be gleaned from the remains themselves.
Decades later, in November 2019, an archaeologist unearths a skeleton that turns out to be far more contemporary than the Roman remains she is seeking.
He embarks on a career in investigative journalism, determined to find Alice\'s murderer--but his obsession leads him down a dangerous path.
The case quickly goes cold, but Nick cannot let it go.
Nick is the prime suspect.
His ex-girlfriend, Alice Poole, has been found murdered, and her new boyfriend Mark Woodcroft is missing.
In November 1980, Nick Hartley returns home from a university lecture to find his house crawling with police.
The 28 th twisting installment in the DCI Alan Banks mystery series that Stephen King calls the best now on the market
