The Black Country (Scotland Yard's Murder Squad) - Hardcover

Grecian, Alex

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399159339 ISBN 13: 9780399159336

Publisher: Putnam Pub Group, 2013

Synopsis

Scotland Yard’s Murder Squad returns, in the stunning new historical thriller from the author of the acclaimed national bestsellerThe Yard.

The British Midlands. It’s called the “Black Country” for a reason. Bad things happen there.

When members of a prominent family disappear from a coal-mining village—and a human eyeball is discovered in a bird’s nest—the local constable sends for help from Scotland Yard’s new Murder Squad. Fresh off the grisly 1889 murders of The Yard, Inspector Walter Day and Sergeant Nevil Hammersmith respond, but they have no idea what they’re about to get into. The villagers have intense, intertwined histories. Everybody bears a secret. Superstitions abound. And the village itself is slowly sinking into the mines beneath it.

Not even the arrival of forensics pioneer Dr. Bernard Kingsley seems to help. In fact, the more the three of them investigate, the more they realize they may never be allowed to leave. . . .

About this title

Review:

Will keep you riveted from page one (Jeffery Deaver)

CSI: Victorian London (Daily Express)

Throw in deranged prostitutes, poisonings and throat slittings galore, amidst lashings of London fog. Gory, lurid and tons of guilty fun (Guardian)

About the Author:

ALEX GRECIAN is the national bestselling author of The Yard and the long-running and critically acclaimed graphic novel series Proof. He lives in the Midwest with his wife and son.

About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam Pub Group
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0399159339
• ISBN 13: 9780399159336
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384