A classic psychological crime novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope series.

Burial of Ghosts is a page-turning standalone crime novel from Ann Cleeves, author and creator of the three astounding TV series Shetland, Vera and The Long Call.

Abandoned as a baby, twenty-five-year-old Lizzie Bartholomew spent her childhood moving between foster homes and has had more than her fair share of troubles.

Now a holiday in Morocco seems to be the perfect escape. Especially when she meets Philip, a fellow tourist. After a brief affair, Lizzie returns to England, only to find a solicitor's letter waiting for her.

Philip Samson has died and has left Lizzie a gift of £15,000 in his will. But there are conditions attached to this unexpected legacy that will soon force Lizzie to confront terrifying secrets from her past life . . .

"Cleeves combines a flair for evoking sense of place with a thoughtful, complex plot" - The Mail on Sunday

"A traditional mystery of the best sort" - The Guardian

"Hauntingly written, it evokes every possible emotion with Ann’s gripping narrative’" - Woman

"Cleeves writes of the left-behind and the unfortunate with intelligence and compassion’" - Literary Review