None but the Dead is the thrilling eleventh book in Lin Anderson's Rhona Mac Leod series Sanday one of Britain's northernmost islands inaccessible when the wind prevents the ferry crossing from the mainland or fog grounds the tiny isl&-hopping plane When human remains are discovered to the rear of an old primary school forensic expert Dr Rhona Mac Leod & her assistant arrive to excavate the grave Approaching midwinter they find daylight in short supply the weather inhospitable & some of the island's inhabitants less than co-operative When the suspicious death of an old man in Glasgow appears to have links with the island DS Michael Mc Nab is dispatched to investigate Desperately uncomfortable in such surroundings he finds that none of the tools of detective work are there No internet no CCTV & no police station As the weather closes in the team
- including criminal profiler & Orkney native Professor Magnus Pirie
- are presented with a series of unexplained incidents apparently linked to the discovery of thirteen magic flowers representing the souls of dead children who had attended the island school where the body was discovered But how & in what circumstance did they die? & why are their long forgotten deaths significant to the current investigation? As a major storm approaches bringing gale-force winds & high seas the islanders turn on one another as past & present evil deeds collide & long buried secrets break the surface along with the exposed bones