None but the Dead

by Lin Anderson

  All the characters in the story are fictitious, as is the schoolhouse which plays a central role. Rhona’s cottage is modelled on a delightful cottage I rented in the north of the island while doing my research. I, like Rhona, swam there, although I did so in June, not November.

  I give thanks to everyone who answered my questions, including the fishermen who advised me on where a boat might be hidden. To Dr Jennifer Miller who, being an expert in buried and hidden bodies, answered my questions on grave excavation, especially in the wilds of Orkney, and to soil expert Professor Lorna Dawson who very kindly sent me a soil map of Sanday with her advice.

  But the biggest thanks must go to the people of Sanday for their help and cooperation in the writing of this book.

  By Lin Anderson

  Driftnet

  Torch

  Deadly Code

  Dark Flight

  Easy Kill

  Final Cut

  The Reborn

  Picture Her Dead

  Paths of the Dead

  The Special Dead

  None but the Dead

  NOVELLA

  Blood Red Roses

  Lin Anderson has published eleven novels and one novella featuring forensic scientist Dr Rhona MacLeod, which have been widely translated. 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 Media Festival award for Best Short Drama. Formerly Chair of the Society of Authors in Scotland, she is also co-founder of Bloody Scotland, Scotland’s International Crime Writing Festival.

  First published 2016 by Macmillan

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  ISBN 978-1-5098-0699-7

  Copyright © Lin Anderson, 2016

  Lighthouse © Ian Cowe / Alamy Stock Photo

  Birds © Shutterstock

  Cliffs © Jim Richardson

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