A Winter Grave: a chilling new mystery set in the Scottish highlands

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By contrast, melting ice sheets have brought the Gulf Stream to a halt and northern latitudes, including Scotland, are being hit by snow and ice storms. If scientists’ predictions are right (and in many cases the climatic changes are happening faster than they predict) then Scotland in 2051 will be a very different place. Venturing out into a particularly violent storm, Brodie witnesses the extreme weather conditions for himself. His skill in creating likeable central characters is undimmed and, as ever, he excels at creating a sense of place. And Brodie is determined to take what may be his last opportunity to tell his daughter what he has been silent about for the ten years since her mother’s death.

Set almost 30 years into the future with a futuristic, automated "helicopter" controlled by the robotic "Eve", and with many other technological devices, plus the devastating effects of climate change, I found Cameron to be a great character. Whereas climate change has made equatorial countries uninhabitable due to an increase in temperature, a shift in the Gulf Stream has rendered Northern Scotland an icy wilderness.Here is a quick description and cover image of book A Winter Grave written by Peter May which was published in Bookyr. I wasn't keen when I started this book which is set partly in the present time and partly in 2050, a very different world where the UK is partially submerged in water and suffering from extreme weather conditions. My thanks to Quercus Books for providing a copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

A well-crafted plot, with action and intrigue, twists and red herrings, and a nail-biting climax, make this is another Peter May winner. Sita Roy, find themselves the sole guests at the inappropriately named International Hotel, where Younger’s body has been kept refrigerated in a cake cabinet.Melting ice sheets have resulted in Scotland being constantly hit by raging snow storms and thick ice. But why, they both wonder, was a journalist with no hill-walking experience take the difficult trail up to a high peak? The author presents a fascinating vision of things that may come - floods, famine, vast areas of land becoming unlivable, the deaths of millions of people across the globe.