A Long Time Dead

Start at the beginning - discover the first murder mystery in J M Dalgliesh's internationally bestselling Misty Isle series. You can’t stay dead forever... A group of high school students gather on the Isle of Skye's remote Coral Beach for a party to celebrate the passing of their finals. Their future beckons, promising new hope and a fresh wind of optimism. In the coming days, many will leave the island for work or to study on the mainland, whereas others will remain on Skye and forge a more traditional path much as their families have done for centuries before them. That is, all but one... DI Duncan McAdam is dispatched home to the Misty Isle. A body has been found buried in a remote location on the Waternish peninsula. A teenage runaway is dead, and no one is talking... Set amidst the dramatic landscape of the Isle of Skye, this addictive and fast-paced crime novel takes you into the heart of a rural community, where everyone is hiding secrets. ‘A phenomenal storyteller’ Simon McCleave A Long Time Dead is the first book in the new Misty Isle series of crime thrillers from the Amazon #1 multi-million selling crime writer, J M Dalgliesh, the author of the Hidden Norfolk and Dark Yorkshire books. Readers love J M Dalgliesh: ‘Fantastic’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ‘The best detective series I’ve read’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ‘You can’t put these books down’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ‘Like watching Shetland on TV’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ‘So much tension’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Books which transport the reader to another place' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Oh my goodness what a book!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Totally absorbing' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐