Laying Out The Bones By Kate Webb - Crime Books (Paperback)

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A TERRIBLE CRIME WAITS TO BE UNEARTHED. The second twisty & atmospheric Wiltshire-set crime novel in the DI Lockyer Series. Perfect for fans of Ann Cleeves & Val Mc Dermid. A long, hot summer in Wiltshire is broken by a sudden downpour. Flash floods bring something sinister to the surface – a human skeleton. When forensic testing matches the bones to a man named Lee Geary, reported missing nine years earlier, the case is passed to DI Matt Lockyer. Geary was a known drug user, so it could be a simple case of misadventure, but Lockyer isn’t so sure. Geary was a townie, & had learning disabilities, so what was he doing out on the Plain all alone? Lockyer soon learns that the year he disappeared, Geary was questioned in relation to another crime – the murder of a young woman named Holly Gilbert. With the help of DC Gemma Broad, Lockyer begins to dig deeper, & discovers that two other persons of interest in the Holly Gilbert case have also either died or disappeared in the interv...