Written in Bone (Thorndike Large Print Crime Scene) - Hardcover

Beckett, Simon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1410403173 ISBN 13: 9781410403179

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2008

Synopsis

On his way back from ongoing investigation into an apparent serial killer in Scotland, forensics anthropologist, David Hunter is asked if he could examine a fire-death on the remote Hebridean island of Runa - reported by Brody, a retired DI who lives on the island. The journey over to Runa is delayed by rough seas and it's dark by the time Hunter and the two mainland police officers and a reporter accompanying him arrive. Warned that it will be unlike anything else that he has encountered, Hunter and the police go straight to the body. And it is indeed unusual: almost totally incinerated except for one hand and both feet, which have been left untouched by the fire. And nothing else appears to have been affected by the fire. It appears to be a textbook case of the phenomenon known as spontaneous human combustion. One of the policemen is quick to record it as an accidental death, but the retired DI Brody is less convinced. Hunter, having established that the victim was female, keeps an open mind but on closer investigation of the site the next day, discovers skull fragments that lead him to just one conclusion: that this was no accident, this was murder. As the enormity of this sinks in to the small community, the island is hit by the full force of the storm - and as power and communications fail, so the killing begins in earnest ...

About this title

Review:

Exceptional.... [Beckett] is especially adept at blending first- and third-person narratives to heighten the tension. Publishers Weekly, starred review
Well-drawn characters and a highly atmospheric closed setting, this is a traditional detective ... updated for modern tastes and with a likable detective. Denver Post

From the Hardcover edition."

-Exceptional.... [Beckett] is especially adept at blending first- and third-person narratives to heighten the tension.---Publishers Weekly, starred review
-Well-drawn characters and a highly atmospheric closed setting, this is a traditional detective ... updated for modern tastes and with a likable detective.---Denver Post

From the Hardcover edition.

"Exceptional.... [Beckett] is especially adept at blending first- and third-person narratives to heighten the tension."--Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Well-drawn characters and a highly atmospheric closed setting, this is a traditional detective ... updated for modern tastes and with a likable detective."--Denver Post

From the Hardcover edition.

Book Description:

The terrifying new crime thriller from the bestselling author of The Chemistry of Death.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1410403173
• ISBN 13: 9781410403179
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 543