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The Restless Dead
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital

  • Published: 09/02/2017

  • ISBN: 9781409043034

  • Length: 496  Pages

  • RRP: £7.99

The Restless Dead

  • (David Hunter 5).

  • (David Hunter - 5)

Simon Beckett

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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 Essex police, it comes at the perfect time.

A badly decomposed body has been found in the mudflats and salt marshes of the Backwaters. Could it be linked to two unsolved missing-person cases?

But then more remains are discovered. And as these desolate wetlands begin to give up their grisly secrets, Hunter is reminded that it’s not the dead we need to fear . . .

With its eerie, claustrophobic sense of place, authentic forensics and explosive, heart-in-mouth moments, The Restless Dead is a masterclass in crime fiction.

  • Imprint: Transworld Digital

  • Published: 09/02/2017

  • ISBN: 9781409043034

  • Length: 496  Pages

  • RRP: £7.99


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About the Author

Simon Beckett

Simon Beckett has worked as a freelance journalist for national newspapers and colour supplements. He is the author of five international bestselling crime thrillers featuring his forensic anthropologist hero, Dr David Hunter: The Chemistry of Death, Written in Bone, Whispers of the Dead, The Calling of the Grave and The Restless Dead. His stand-alone novels include Stone Bruises and Where There's Smoke. He lives in Sheffield.

Simon Beckett

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