Written in Bone
(David Hunter 2)
$36.20
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
24 August 2023
Summary
The second novel in Simon Beckett’s acclaimed and internationally bestselling series, featuring the forensics expert Dr David Hunter.
A killer on the loose. A murder disguised as an accident …
As a favour to a colleague, Dr David Hunter is on the remote Hebridean island of Runa to inspect a grisly discovery. He’s familiar with death in all its guises but is shocked by what he finds: a body, incinerated but for the feet and a single hand.
It appears to be a textbook cas…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781804992982 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1804992984 |
| Author: | Simon Beckett |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 24 August 2023 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 36mm x 128mm x 196mm |
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Critics Review
Masterful storytelling and macabre forensic details make his novels utterly chilling reads – TESS GERRITSEN
Beckett cranks up the suspense… some unexpected twists and a gory climax * Daily Telegraph *
Well paced and contains a whole load of spicy ingredients * Daily Mirror *
Excellent… an atmospheric, exciting story… the information about forensic medicine is as instructive as Patricia Cornwell’s * Literary Review *
One of the country’s best crime writers * SUNDAY EXPRESS *
Simon Beckett
Simon Beckett is the #1 international bestselling author of the David Hunter series: The Chemistry of Death, Written in Bone, Whispers of the Dead, The Calling of the Grave, The Restless Dead, and The Scent of Death.
His books have been translated into 29 languages, appeared in the Sunday Times top 10 bestseller lists, and sold over 10 million copies worldwide. A former freelance journalist, he has written for The Times, Daily Telegraph, Independent on Sunday, and Observer. The inspiration for the first David Hunter novel came after a visit to the world-renowned Body Farm in Tennessee introduced him to the work of forensic anthropologists.
Joint-winner (with Arne Dahl) of Europe’s largest crime fiction prize, the Ripper Award 2018⁄19, he has also won the Raymond Chandler Society’s Marlowe Award and been shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger, CWA Dagger in the Library, and Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year awards.
He is also the author of several stand-alone novels, including Stone Bruises and Where There’s Smoke.
Simon Beckett lives in Sheffield.
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