A review by elmattcrews
The Restless Dead by Simon Beckett

3.0

This was definitley not one of Beckett's best work. The protagonist, David Hunter, a great forensic anthropologist, didn't have much to do this time. I was so disappointed that he wasn't as involved in the case as the previous four books. Without the forensic anthropology side, this is just more or less a regular crime thriller. The writing was still great, but the story itself was mediocre at best. The ending helped redeem it a little.

And I have to add that I don't care for Beckett forcing Hunter to have potential love interests in each book, which have either been: the victim, someone in the victim's family, or someone part of the investigation. Those parts were just cringe-worthy and unnecessary tbh.