The Frozen Shroud (Lake District Mysteries, 6)

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"Edwards does an impressive job of linking the three murders across the long years." Kirkus Reviews On Halloween just before the First World War a young womans corpse was found with a makeshift shroud frozen to her battered face. Her ghostthe Faceless Womanis said to walk through Ravenbank each Halloween. Just five years ago Katya Moss was killed her face also covered to hide her injuries. The seemingly related cases fascinate Daniel Kind a specialist in the history of murder. Then while he is attending a Halloween party in Ravenbank a third murder occurs. Once again the corpses face is shrouded from view. This cant be a coincidence. It all presents DCI Hannah Scarlett head of the Cold Case Review Team with the toughest challenge of her career. Hannah and Daniel team up professionally. But before they can solve this shocking puzzle both of them must confront ghosts from their own past as well as the ghosts of lonely lovely and mysterious Ravenbank.