WRITTEN IN BONE—Simon Beckett—A really good mystery/suspense novel set on a remote island off Scotland blending forensic medicine/archeology with an ongoing, current murder investigation which breeds more murders. Set on the remote island the cast of characters is small as Dr. David Hunter, the outsider, works with the local, in this case unqualified, police and a retired police detective to unravel the growing mystery. Fast paced and with a prose and conversational style reminiscent of Dick Francis and with a very last page cliff-hanger ending.