Dead of the Isle of Skye

The first book in a bestselling detective series set in Scotland.
The new millennium is about to begin, and a group of secondary school students are celebrating their final exams on a beach on the Isle of Skye. Then their paths diverge forever. Some head to the mainland for work or study, while others remain on the island, following in their parents' footsteps. But one of the students will never see her future…
Twenty years later, the missing girl's unusually well-preserved body is found in a peat bog. Detective Duncan McAdam is transferred back to his home island to help the local force and a team of investigators from the mainland catch the killer. Can they penetrate the closed island community and uncover long-buried secrets?