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The Special Dead (Rhona MacLeod Book 10) Kindle Edition

by Lin Anderson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 689 ratings
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The Special Dead is the thrilling tenth book in Lin Anderson's forensic crime series featuring Rhona MacLeod.

When Mark is invited back to Leila's flat and ordered to strip, he thinks he's about to have the experience of his life. Waking later he finds Leila gone from his side. Keen to leave, he opens the wrong door and finds he's entered a nightmare; behind the swaying Barbie dolls that hang from the ceiling is the body of the girl he just had sex with.

Rhona MacLeod's forensic investigation of the scene reveals the red plaited silk cord used to hang Leila to be a cingulum, a Wiccan artefact used in sex magick. Sketches of sexual partners hidden in the dolls provide a link to nine powerful men, but who are they? As the investigation continues, it looks increasingly likely that other witches will be targeted too.

Working the investigation is the newly demoted DS Michael McNab, who is keen to stay sober and redeem himself with Rhona, but an encounter with Leila's colleague and fellow Wiccan Freya Devine threatens his resolve. Soon McNab realizes Freya may hold the key to identifying the men linked to the dolls, but the Nine will do anything to keep their identities a secret.

Follow Rhona MacLeod in more forensic thrillers with None but the Dead, Follow the Dead, Sins of the Dead and Time for the Dead.

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Editorial Reviews

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"CSI Vegas has Grissom, CSI Miami has Horatio Cane. In the Glasgow crime scene team, Dr. McLeod has the skill, instinct and the balls to match up to her American counterparts."  —Daily Record
 

"Don't be fooled by comparisons, her writing is unique, bringing warmth and depth to even the seediest parts of Glasgow. . . . MacLeod is a complex and compelling heroine who just gets better with every outing."  —Stuart MacBride, author, Cold Granite

From the Author

Lin Anderson has published several novels and one novella featuring forensic expert Dr Rhona MacLeod. Her short story Dead Close was chosen for the Best of British Crime 2011 and is currently in development as a feature film. Also a screenwriter, her film River Child won a student BAFTA and the Celtic Film Festival best fiction award. Currently Chair of the Society of Authors in Scotland, she is also co-founder of Bloody Scotland, Scotland's International Crime Writing Festival.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00UXKJ0LW
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pan; Main Market edition (August 13, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 13, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 709 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 449 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 689 ratings

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Lin Anderson is best known as the creator of the forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod series of crime thriller novels, and for her part in founding the annual 'Bloody Scotland' crime writing festival.

Lin's latest book is Book 17 in her Forensic Scientist Rhona MacLeod Series 'The Wild Coast', published on 3rd August 2023.

There are 16 novels and one novella in Lin Anderson's Forensic Scientist Rhona MacLeod Series :-

Novella - Blood Red Roses (prequel to Driftnet)

Book 1 - Driftnet (Scottish No.1 best seller)

Book 2 - Torch (Amazon Scottish Crime No.1 best seller)

Book 3 - Deadly Code

Book 4 - Dark Flight

Book 5 - Easy Kill

Book 6 - Final Cut

Book 7 - The Reborn

Book 8 - Picture Her Dead

Book 9 - Paths of the Dead (Shortlisted for Scottish Crime Book of 2015)

Book 10 - The Special Dead (Longlisted for Scottish Crime Book of 2016)

Book 11 - None but the Dead (Longlisted for Scottish Crime Book of 2017)

Book 12 - Follow the Dead (Shortlisted for Scottish Crime Book of 2018)

Book 13 - Sins of the Dead

Book 14 - Time for the Dead (Longlisted for Scottish Crime Book of 2020)

Book 15 - The Innocent Dead

Book 16 - The Killing Tide

Book 17 - The Wild Coast

Lin has one stand-alone psychological thriller :-

The Party House (Scottish No.1 best seller)

Lin has a second mystery thriller series featuring private investigator Patrick de Courvoisier, set in glamorous Cannes (think 'The Rockford Files' meets James Bond) :-

Book 1 - The Case of the Black Pearl

Book 2 - The Case of the Missing Madonna

Lin has recently co-written with Donald McKay the initial book in a BLAZE DOG DETECTIVE series for children :-

Book 1 - The Magic Flag Mystery

Book 2 - The Dinosaur Mystery

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Diana H. Maine
5.0 out of 5 stars I recommend this title and series
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2017
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THE SPECIAL DEAD (Rhona Macleod #10) by Lin Anderson is an excellent tenth title in this Scottish noir series.
I like the cover art; the info about numerology; the creepy, disturbing Barbie dolls - what do they mean?; cats; WICAN spells and ceremonies; Rhona’s ever complex relationship issues; very detailed forensics; inclusion of the university library setting and its special collections; Glasgow’s ‘sense of place’; the personality of DI Bill Wilson and the management of his staff; and the sideline primer of Scottish whiskey.
I liked Rhona’s musings on the science of forensics - “Forensics were a way of mapping out what happened in intricate detail. There was no emotion involved, only science. The science of who, where, and when.”
I recommend this title and series.
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Brenda R. Moyer
5.0 out of 5 stars Scotland’s gem, the world’s entertainer.
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2019
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An incredible writer who has a true command of weaving who done it tales.
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Liz
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 1, 2015
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Another gripping book from lin Anderson. Her characters are real, the plot intriguing and fast moving. The only downside is that I have finished reading it and cannot wait for her next book to be published!
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James Watson
4.0 out of 5 stars Good read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 27, 2019
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Good read
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Kirstine
5.0 out of 5 stars Another intriguing story
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 4, 2024
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I’ve read or listened to most of the books in this series and enjoyed them all. I marvel at the author’s fertile imagination to create such a range of intriguing stories populated with characters who seem so real that I want to know about their lives and feelings. A thoroughly recommended series.
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Heather Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Pure page turning brilliance
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 4, 2015
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I have not read a Lin Anderson book before, but chose to dive in after having the good fortune to meet her, albeit briefly. I love a good crime thriller but this was not one of those. It was a phenomenal crime thriller. Page turning, clever, seemless plotting and one of those things I find rare in books - not too much elaborate description, just the right amount to put me in each scene myself perfectly. I am a novel writer myself, but a very new one. Lin's book was an absolute masterclass for me personally. I was there, not just reading a very engaging story. Now I have to go back and read the rest to catch up on all I've been missing!
What a thrill ride. To keep me guessing until the end is my call to a fantastic crime novel. I never guessed where it was all going. A cracking read. Highly recommended.
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Ian Revie
4.0 out of 5 stars Lin Anderson has produced one of the best of her Rhona MacLeod series in this her tenth ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 29, 2015
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Lin Anderson has produced one of the best of her Rhona MacLeod series in this her tenth volume. Her ability to maintain the evolution of the complex relationships linking her principal characters is central to the development of her plot line and the reader is equally affected by both since events in the crime fiction depend often on the novel of relationships emotional and professional alike. When danger threatens a rounded human being as opposed to a genre stereotype, the heart beats faster. This is a thoroughly good read and leaves the reader hoping the series has not yet come an end.
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