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Whispers of the Dead by Simon Beckett (2009, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100385340060
ISBN-139780385340069
eBay Product ID (ePID)71122889
Product Key Features
Book TitleWhispers of the Dead
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2009
TopicCrime, Thrillers / Suspense, Mystery & Detective / General
GenreFiction
AuthorSimon Beckett
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight18 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2009-001673
Reviews"Forget Patricia Cornwell...try Simon Beckett. You'll thank me."-Deadly Pleasures "Fast-paced, fascinating, and heart-stoppingly exciting....the best thriller I've read all year." -Tess Gerritsen onThe Chemistry of Death "Exceptional."-Publishers Weekly, Starred Review, onWritten in Bone A classy suspense novel....Fans of Reichs and Cornwell will be pleased."-BookPageonWritten in Bone "Increasingly compelling all the way to the surprising conclusion."-Tampa TribuneonThe Chemistry of Death, "Beckett ratchets up the suspense ... and keeps the tension taut to the end with a late twist.Whispers of the Deadreinforces the author's place in the front rank of forensic crime novelists."-Publishers Weekly
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal823/.914
SynopsisA field of corpses, laid out in a macabre display…A serial killer who confounds even the most seasoned profilers…A doctor whose life has been shattered by crime-plunged into the heart of a shocking investigation… In this masterful new novel by Simon Beckett, #1 internationally bestselling author ofWritten in BoneandThe Chemistry of Death,forensic anthropologist David Hunter is thrust into his first murder investigation on U.S. soil-and his most devastating case yet. In the heat of a Tennessee summer, Dr. Hunter has come to Knoxville's legendary "Body Farm"-the infamous field laboratory where law enforcement personnel study real corpses-to escape London and the violence that nearly destroyed his life. He's also here to find out if he's still up to the job of sorting through death in all its strange and terrible forms.… Hunter will soon find his answer when he's called to a crime scene in a remote Smoky Mountain cabin-a scene as grisly as it is bizarre. The body is taped to a table. Everything about the crime scene-the wounds, the decomposition, the microscopic evidence-quickly short-circuits the tools and methods of forensic experts. Within days, Hunter knows he's dealing with a serial killer, someone intimately familiar with the intricacies of forensics. All around him, egos and hierarchies clash-from the boasts of a renowned criminal profiler to the dogged work of a young female investigator-but fate keeps pushing Hunter further into the heart of the manhunt. And the killer keeps coming up with surprises: booby-trapping corpses, faking times of death, swapping bodies-finally turning his sights on after Hunter himself.… An electrifying race against time, a fascinating journey into the world of forensic science, and a terrifying portrait of a killer in love with death itself,Whispers of the Deadis a thriller of the highest order.
LC Classification NumberPR6052.E286W47 2009
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