Embracing Skeletons - Tapa blanda

‘Far from traditional crime fare. Nerve yourself to read it.’
Literary Review

‘I can think of no other writer who so vividly captures the atmosphere of hopeless urban menace’
The Times

‘Few can rival Turnbull for dire authenticity’
Observer

‘Bleak, written with rare economy and moving clarity, Embracing Skeletons is not for the weak of stomach or the faint of heart. It will haunt me for a long time to come’ Val McDermid

The body of a child – part incinerated, half starved – found on Marston Moor shocks even the hard-bitten detectives of York CID. But for Carmen Pharoah, fresh from London and struggling to make her mark, this could offer an opportunity for some real detective work – as long as she doesn’t get sidelined by her taciturn boss Leif Vossian. Vossian himself has a personal stake in the murder, for it brings back an appalling tragedy in his own past.
Disturbing currents underlie the investigation from the start. An eyewitness offers solid evidence as to who dumped the body, but information from other sources points to the existence of more widespread evil than the murder of a single child. A young burglar, a convicted pornographer, a schizophrenic – all appear to be involved, but in what? Vossian and his team are faced with an almost impossible task, one given an added edge when the suspicion arises that there is a traitor in their midst...