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A moving, tense and unforgettable collection of twenty short stories from the bestselling author of The Skelfs series and The Space Between Us – featuring new cases for the Skelf women and tales from Edinburgh, California and Iceland’s volcanic island of Surtsey.
The Skelfs are back. In three new stories, Dorothy, Jenny and Hannah return to their family undertaker business, where death is familiar but the living are never predictable. A shocking postcard sends Dorothy back to her childhood home, Jenny takes a side job as a professional mourner and Hannah chases down a cemetery graffiti artist with a point to prove.
Beyond Edinburgh’s favourite undertakers and part-time PIs, a whale washes up on Portobello Beach, a father is caught in a desperate stand-off on the Forth Bridge, and on an Icelandic volcanic island, a woman watches a man die. Elsewhere is an anxious Hogmanay escapade with a bazooka, a body washed ashore with a note for its finder, and in a future Edinburgh, a girl and her robot brother venture into the shadow of an impossible object.
Funny, tense and tender, Doug Johnstone’s stories take us from the Skelfs’ funeral home to the far reaches of space, with a sharp turn waiting around every corner. Dealing with grief, revenge, love, human connection and everything in between, these are quietly profound tales of people living on the very edge.
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