The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill: The must-read, incredible voice-driven mystery thriller

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A former journalist, Robertson had a 20-year career with a Scottish Sunday newspaper before becoming a full-time author. He has previously writtennovels under his full name which was not disclosed by the publisher.

Needless to say the content of this story can be and may be upsetting for some readers. I don’t often include warnings when putting together a review but this time I feel it important to highlight that C.S. Robertson does not shy away from the work Grace McGill undertakes and the steps she may need to take to clean a home. It’s not detail which is included for shits and giggles, it forms an important part of understanding Grace and is dealt with factually and then the story proceeds. Twisted, twisting, original …. The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill is unforgettable‘ CHRIS WHITAKER

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There are many surprising twists and turns to come, and we are looking for a serial killer, but the most staggering surprise came towards the end, when all of the pieces of the jigsaw come together with another death. No spoilers here!!

We’re increasingly not as sociable as we used to be. Things that we used to have to interact with people to do, we can now do online – have meals delivered, movies streamed to our TVs – without having to go out and see other people. Grace McGill is a 'death cleaner', after a corpse has been removed from a house Grace goes in and deeps cleans. Grace has a niche in cleaning up the 'undiscovered' which have sometimes been decaying for weeks or months.What a very unusual book. More importantly, what a very unusual, fascinating book; and Grace certainly had a very unusual job. Unusual is a funny word – it can be good unusual, or weird unusual. In this instance it is both. The author is adept at creating memorable characters who really draw you into a story and grace is no exception. She has a very complicated past, and a troubled relationship with her own father which goes some way to explaining her actions. There is a great deal of empathy with her, but also a whole host of contradictions and her ways of coping with the atrocities she must see are fascinating and yet authentic. I was really drawn to her, keen to see her uncover the truth, even if she was somewhat less confident or outgoing than the typical amateur detective, for that is surely what she is. Welcome to Grace’s world. Grace is a death cleaner; she deep cleans places where people have died, usually when they have lain undiscovered for many weeks. She is meticulous and obsessive about her work, and often takes a memento or two with her before making a diorama of the room.