When forty-year-old skeletal remains of a child are unearthed at an isolated farm, Hjalti Hentze is charged with investigating the death. But as Hentze's investigation turns to the commune that occupied the farm in the 1970s, Jan Reyna discovers a connection to his mother's death and long-repressed childhood memories.

Chris Ould is a BAFTA award-winning screenwriter who has worked on many TV shows including The Bill, Soldier Soldier, Casualty and Hornblower. He is the author of The Blood Strand, the first book in the Faroes series - which received a starred review from Booklist, which called it "A winner for fans of Henning Mankell" - as well as Road Lines and A Kind of Sleep. He lives in Dorset.