Death Toll (DI Peter Shaw & DS George Valentine) - Softcover

Kelly, Jim

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9780141035994: Death Toll (DI Peter Shaw & DS George Valentine)

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ISBN 10: 0141035994 ISBN 13: 9780141035994

Publisher: Penguin, 2011

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Bodies are being exhumed at King's Lynn's cemetery, the bones moved to higher ground to avoid flooding. But when the coffin of murdered pub landlady Nora Tilden is hauled up into the light there's a grim discovery: the twisted corpse of a young black man, killed by a billhook blow to the head, and dumped in the grave on the night Nora was buried twenty-eight years earlier. The police are baffled by a bewildering and brutal murder.

Who was this young man? Was he the victim of a racist crime? When DI Peter Shaw, DS George Valentine and their team are put on the case their investigation first leads them to The Flask, Nora's pub just along the riverbank, where her family hides more than one dark secret and it's soon clear no one can be trusted. Will Shaw and Valentine be able to get to the shocking truth behind the murder before it's too late and the ghosts from the past claim another victim?

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Full of suspense, gore and excitement - you won't be able to put this down! (Closer)

Kelly goes from strength to strength (Daily Mirror)

About the Author:

Jim Kelly is the author of six novels, including The Water Clock, which was shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey Award. He was awarded the CWA Dagger in the Library in 2006 for his Philip Dryden series. Jim lives with his partner and daughter in Ely.

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