The Calling of the Grave by Simon Beckett - ISBN: 9780553820652
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Past horrors resurface as a killer hunts, and trust dies.

The Calling of the Grave

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  • Paperback

    464 pages

  • Release Date

    1 April 2012

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Summary

Forensics expert Dr David Hunter returns in Simon Beckett’s menacing new Sunday Times bestselling thriller.

A serial killer is on the loose and David Hunter suddenly finds that the past is far from dead and buried.

The escape of a psychotic rapist and multiple murderer brings DI Terry Connor to David Hunter’s doorstep, years after their bitter rift. This unwelcome reminder of the past forces Hunter to confront the situation at hand – eight years earlier Hunter and an ill-fated…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780553820652
ISBN-10:0553820656
Author:Simon Beckett
Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd
Imprint:Bantam Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:464
Release Date:1 April 2012
Weight:315g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 29mm
Series:David Hunter
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Critics Review

As bone-chillingly bleak as its subject… this doesn’t disappoint

As bone-chillingly bleak as its subject… this doesn’t disappoint * FINANCIAL TIMES *Deeply unnerving… a writer who clearly relishes raising our pulse rates while lowering our blood temperature – BARRY FORSHAW

About The Author

Simon Beckett

Simon Beckett is the No.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 short-listed 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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