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Stone Bruises by Simon Beckett
Category: Accessories
'Somebody!' I half-sob and then, more quietly, 'Please.' The words seem absorbed by the afternoon heat, lost amongst the trees. In their aftermath, the silence descends again. I know then that I'm not going anywhere...Sean is on the run. We don't know why and we don't know from whom, but we do know he's ...Show more
The Chemistry of Death by Simon Beckett
Category: Fiction
Finding refuge in a quiet rural backwater, Dr David Hunter hoped he might at last have put the past behind him. But then they found what was left of Sally Palmer...It isn't just that she was a friend that disturbs him. Once he'd been a high-profile forensic anthropologist and all too familiar with the m ...Show more
The Lost by Simon Beckett
Category: Crime Fiction
A MISSING CHILD Ten years ago, the disappearance of firearms police officer Jonah Colley's young son almost destroyed him. A GRUESOME DISCOVERY A plea for help from an old friend leads Jonah to Slaughter Quay, and the discovery of four bodies. Brutally attacked and left for dead, he is the only survi ...Show more
The Lost by Simon Beckett
Category: Crime Fiction
You fall asleep in the playground.Your son is gone.10 years later, will you finally get the truth?Ten years ago, the disappearance of firearms police officer Jonah Colley's young son almost destroyed him.A plea for help from an old friend leads Jonah to Slaughter Quay, and the discovery of four bodies. ...Show more
The Restless Dead - (David Hunter 5) by Simon Beckett
Category: Fiction | Series: David Hunter Ser.
With forensics detail to rival Kathy Reichs, Simon Beckett's menacing new thriller will leave you wanting more . . . Top forensics expert Dr David Hunter is facing an uncertain future - his career hangs in the balance and his personal life has taken a turn for the worse. So when he gets a call from Ess ...Show more
The Scent of Death by Simon Beckett
Category: Fiction
It's been a good summer for forensics expert Dr David Hunter. His relationship is going well and he's in demand again as a police consultant. Life is good. Then a call comes from an old associate- a body has been found, and she'd like Hunter to take a look. The empty shell of St Jude's Hospital now st ...Show more
The Scent of Death - (David Hunter 6) by Simon Beckett
Category: Fiction
'Masterful storytelling and macabre forensic details make his novels utterly chilling reads' TESS GERRITSEN Once a busy hospital, St Jude's now stands derelict, awaiting demolition. When a partially mummified corpse is found in the building's cavernous loft, forensics expert Dr David Hunter is called in ...Show more
Where There's Smoke by Simon Beckett
Category: Fiction
Sophisticated, dark, its pages seeping with menace, this stand-alone thriller by the bestselling author of the David Hunter series was originally published under the title Where There's Smoke and is now available once more. Some moments burn in the mind for ever. The landing is dark. Light comes from a ...Show more
Whispers of the Dead by Simon Beckett
Category: Fiction
The victim has been bound and tortured, the body decomposed beyond recognition...A second body is found. A nightmare is about to begin...A serial killer is at work and the death toll is rising...A brutal abduction - a helpless victim is taken...And for forensics expert David Hunter, it's become a terrif ...Show more
Whispers of the Dead by Simon Beckett
Category: Fiction
Skin is a work of art, a nest of capillaries, glands and nerves that both regulates and protects. It is our sensory interface with the outside world, the barrier at which our individuality - our self - ends. And even in death, something of that individuality remains...<br><br>Still suffering ...Show more
Written in Bone by Simon Beckett
Category: Fiction
I took the skull from its evidence bag and gently set it on the stainless steel table. 'Tell me who you are...'As a favour to a colleague, Dr David Hunter is on the remote Hebridean island of Runa to inspect a grisly discovery. He's familiar with death in all its guises but is shocked by what he finds: ...Show more
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