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Baffled by the killing of a man whose nude, mutilated body has turned up in a London graveyard, Detective Chief Inspector Grant Foster and his colleague, Detective Superintendent Heather Jenkins, call in genealogist Nigel Barnes to assist in the case, when the carved letters and numbers on the corpse turn out to refer to city archive files of birth, death, and marriage certificates. A first novel. 15,000 first printing.
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There's panache aplenty in this intriguing tale. Sharp plotting, elegant writing, engaging characters, a cracking climax. A series is promised. Bring it on! (Reginald Hill)
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Dan Waddell is a journalist and author who lives in west London with his son. He writes about the media and popular culture, and has published ten non-fiction books, including the bestsellingWho Do You Think You Are?, which tied in with a popular BBC TV series on genealogy.The Blood Detective is his first novel.
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- PublisherMinotaur Books
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0312378904
- ISBN 13 9780312378905
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages299
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