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A thorough account of murder investigations in the Scottish Highlands, this book gave me a new appreciation for the difficulties facing authorities in a geographically challenging, sparsely populated terrain, where the places to hide a body are many and the resources for finding it are few. Walking tours in the western Highlands seemed often to be almost invitations for violent assault--so sad when a darkened human heart is so completely unmoved by the breathtaking beauty without and focuses ins
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This was a good read! Ms. McLennan is a retired lawyer and honorary sheriff in Wick. She explains the workings of Scottish law and their judicial system, which is quite different from England and the US. The cases she chose to include were interesting and varied. I always thought Scotland didn’t have much of a murder rate but when you compare the numbers, US population of 322,762,018 (as of the end of 2017) to Scotland’s 5,373,000 (4/2016) it’s probably fairly comparable to us.
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This is a well researched, well written journal of crimes in one of the areas of the world where crime is relatively low. Some have been solved, others might never be.
Although all of these crimes were reported and written about at the time, this is the first time all the elements have been brought together between one set of pages. This is a must for all lovers of true crime.
Although all of these crimes were reported and written about at the time, this is the first time all the elements have been brought together between one set of pages. This is a must for all lovers of true crime.
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