Blood Atonement - Softcover

Waddell, Dan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1546346171 ISBN 13: 9781546346173

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

Katie Drake was an affluent single mother living in Queen's Park – until someone cut her throat. Worse still, the killer has abducted her fourteen-year-old daughter Naomi.DCI Grant Foster quickly sees chilling parallels to the disappearance of teenager Leonie Stamey three years earlier. With hopes of finding Naomi alive fading, he calls on genealogist Nigel Barnes to piece together the links between the families of the two girls. The trail leads Nigel back to 1890, when a young couple arrived in the UK; a husband and a wife fleeing a terrible crime in their past – and harbouring an awful secret that's now having bloody repercussions in the present . . .

About this title

Review:

"Waddell's second outstanding thriller (after "The Blood Detective") mixes the genealogy of a family who can't escape their ancestors' deeds in Utah with today's Morman fundamentalist splinter groups. Featuring brilliant detection by the police, the crime scene investigators, and the genealogist... this is a breathless roller-coaster ride."--"Library Journal" (starred review) ."..solidly plotted...boasts a protagonist whose unusual profession gives the story an added element of intrigue: using genealogy to unlock the victim's past and explain a contemporary crime. A definite winner, and further proof that Nigel Barnes is going to be a strong series lead." --"Booklist"

About the Author:

Dan Waddell is the award-winning author of more than 20 works of fiction and non-fiction, among them the bestselling book which accompanied the BBC TV series Who Do You Think You Are? His first crime novel, the critically-acclaimed The Blood Detective, won the prestigious Prix Cezam Littéraire in France and was nominated for debut awards in the UK and USA. He lives in London with his family.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1546346171
• ISBN 13: 9781546346173
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 392