SHONA MACLEAN

Bill Brockton is exhuming a body to obtain a bone sample for a paternity test. A simple enough job until he discovers that the body's limbs have all been removed. Digging deeper, he soon finds himself embroiled in the massive and very illegal market for human body parts. He becomes drawn into the enterprise, selling donated corpses to the postmortem chop shop ndash; in league with the FBI, hoping to bring the organization down. All the while, his friend and Medical Examiner, Eddie Garcia, is struggling with the aftermath of their last case. A massive dose of radiation has left him missing one hand and most of the fingers from the other. He's on the waiting list for a transplant, but with so many parts around, Brockton is sorely tempted to jeopardize the investigation ndash; and his own principles ndash; to help his friend. Will he be able to live with himself if he does? Will he be able to live with himself if he doesn't?

Thriller histórico ambientado en la Escocia del siglo XVII. Es el primer libro de una serie de obras sobre las aventuras de Alexander Seaton. La obra comienza con un asesinato por envenenamiento. El cuerpo de la victima aparece en la escuela donde Alexander Seaton es maestro, y su amigo Charles es detenido e imputado por el crimen. Seaton iniciara entonces un viaje donde intentara desenmascarar al verdadero asesino y demostrar la inocencia de su amigo. Paralelamente, Seaton comenzara lo que da titulo a la obra la redencion de su alma. El sueño de Alexander Seaton era ser pastor, pero su historia de amor con la hija de un aristocrata le supuso la expulsion de la iglesia . A partir de entonces su vida se convierte en un calvario. En su viaje por salvar la vida de su amigo, Seaton se descubrira a si mismo, reconocera sus miedos y sus errores, recuperara su fe en Dios y en si mismo, y conseguira librarse de un agonizante sentimiento de culpa que no le deja vivir en paz.

Second historical thriller in the Alexander Seaton series sweeps the hero back to his roots in Ulster, and a family living under a curse and riven with long-held secrets.It is 1628, Charles 1 is on the throne, and the British Crown is finally taking control of Ulster.Returning to his rooms one night, Alexander Seaton is shocked to find a stranger standing there - a man who could be his double. His name is Sean ONeill, and he carries a plea for help from Maeve ONeill, forbidding matriarch of Alexanders mothers family in Ireland. All those who bear their blood have been placed under a poets curse: one by one they are going to die. Only Alexander is immune, his ONeill heritage a secret from all but his closest family. Alexander travels to Ulster, to find himself at the heart of a family divided by secrets and bitter resentments. As he seeks out the author of the curse, he becomes increasingly embroiled in the conflict until - confronted with murder within his own family - his liberty and, finally, his life, are at stake.***************************Readers are loving A Game of SorrowsGreat story, great characters and super writing S. G. MacLeans books always keep me on tenterhooks. I stay awake far too late turning page after page! If you want a good story which keeps you guessing to the end, read on! Well researched, excellently written and exciting from start to finishGreat historical novel . . . Made me want to step back in time

From the bestselling author of The Bookseller of Inverness comes the unforgettable story of a Scottish town on the cusp of change and the group of townspeople whose lives will be irrevocably altered over the course of one tumultuous year.----------------------------------------------------------Rich, insightful . . . [an] impressive novelSunday TimesShona MacLeans novels are smart, soulful and deeply engrossing. An exceptional, wise and compassionate storyteller, she can make any historical period sing with lifeAntonia HodgsonSuperbly researched, entirely convincing, very clever and at times unbearably poignant. I loved it.Andrew TaylorRivetingDaily MailCromarty, The Black Isle, 1831.As seagulls shriek and rise on the coastal winds, a circulating library in the bustling port town of Cromarty is meeting for the first time.Ostensibly united by a love of books, the demands of social convention have brought together a disparate group of people. Charlotte Mackenzie, the remote and fragile wife of the local laird, seeks an escape from a loveless marriage; her best friend, Rachel Mackay, a former governess who is ardently in love with her own older husband, the towns minister; the young schoolmaster, John Learmonth, newly arrived from Edinburgh with secrets in tow; and the gentle bank clerk, Ludovic Cameron who dreams of a new life across the ocean, far from his erstwhile schoolmate, the malevolent Farquhar Hossack. When the laird befriends a wounded officer, a chain of events is set into motion that threatens to upset the delicate equilibrium of the community.Against the backdrop of mass emigrations, an encroaching cholera epidemic, political unrest and the campaign to abolish chattel slavery in the British Caribbean, the people of Cromarty must negotiate their new world and each other, flitting in and out of each others lives through one extraordinary year.The Cromarty Library Circle is a richly woven and immersive portrait of connected lives, changing fortunes and the often-unseen forces that shape our destinies.----------------------------------------------------------Praise for Shona MacLeanMacLean can make any period sing with lifeAntonia HodgsonAn excellent work of historical fictionLiterary ReviewA wonderful storytellerThe TimesWell-researched and fascinatingGuardian