WINNER OF THE 2016 CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY. A bullet\-ridden body is unearthed from a buried WW2 plane \- but the body isn\x27t from WW2. Dr Ruth Galloway must discover who the victim was, and who put him there, in this atmospheric mystery for fans of Val McDermid and Ann Cleeves.<\/b>

\x27An almost gothic plot, involving family feuds and a crumbling stately home . . . one of the most vivid novels in a delightful series\x27 Sunday Times<\/i>
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When DCI Harry Nelson calls Ruth Galloway in to investigate a body found inside a buried fighter plane, she quickly realizes that the skeleton couldn\x27t possibly be the pilot. DNA tests identify the man as Fred Blackstock, a local aristocrat who had been reported dead at sea.

Events are further complicated by a TV company that wants to make a film about Norfolk\x27s deserted air force bases, the so\-called Ghost Fields, which have been partially converted into a pig farm run by one of the younger remaining Blackstocks.

Then human bones are found on the farm and, as the greatest storm Norfolk has seen for decades brews in the distance, another Blackstock is attacked. Can the team outrace the rising flood to find the killer?<\/p>