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David Keenan
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Scottish BookThe Shadows and the Dust: A Dr Jack Cuthbert Mystery (Paperback)
Author: Allan Gaw
£9.95
ScotlandDetective CrimePolice Procedural
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Add for £10The Shadows and the Dust follows pathologist Dr Jack Cuthbert as he investigates the ritual burial of a young boy at a church orphanage, forcing him to face his own childhood grief while uncovering the truth alongside Scotland Yard. Who this is for: readers of historical crime mysteries and forensic driven detective fiction.
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Why we chose this book
We found The Shadows and the Dust measured and humane, a 1920s London crime novel where medical detail and social neglect quietly shape our unease.
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Dr Jack Cuthbert knows that some deaths linger longer than others. For a pathologist, nothing is harder than facing the body of a child. When a young boy is found buried in the grounds of a church orphanage, Cuthbert is drawn into a case that cuts dangerously close to his own past.
The burial shows signs of ritual. Care has been taken. This was not a simple act of violence. As Cuthbert examines the evidence, questions multiply. How did the boy die. Who chose to hide him here. And what kind of desperation leads to such an act.
Working alongside his assistant and investigators at Scotland Yard, Cuthbert uncovers a truth shaped by fear, secrecy and long buried grief. Each discovery forces him to confront memories he has tried to keep at bay, blurring the line between professional duty and personal reckoning.
Sins of the Dead is a dark and compelling historical crime novel. Atmospheric and deeply humane, it explores guilt, loss and the devastating consequences of secrets left to fester.
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