Everyone knows everyone and most of the people in the community are related in some way or another. It’s a very small and close-knit community – even claustrophobic. One of the strongest elements in this novel is the Shetland context. If they are, did Magnus Tait commit both murders? Now Perez has to find out whether those two deaths are connected. That’s when Fran Hunter discovers the long-hidden body of Catriona Bruce. In the process he uncovers several things that some of the locals do not want made public. Perez begins to trace Catherine’s last days and weeks to find out who would have a strong interest in keeping Catherine’s film from being made public. The files have even been deleted from her computer and that’s not something that Magnus Tait would likely have done. Perez and the team try to locate the film and any notes Catherine might have made about it but the film has disappeared and so have Catherine’s notes about it. Then it comes out that she was making a film about Shetland and its people as a part of a school project. In a way that made her a very strong character, but it also made her vulnerable. For one thing, Catherine Ross didn’t care very much what people thought of her. And yet there is no physical evidence that connects Tait with Catherine Ross’ death and Tait claims that he is innocent.As it turns out, Tait is not the only suspect in this murder. So Perez and his team are particularly interested in him. Besides, he is quite possibly connected to the disappearance of another young girl Catriona Bruce several years earlier.
Tait was probably the last person to see Catherine Ross alive.
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