I read this just after the latest Kathy Reichs so I was able to compare her American forensic anthropologist with this English creation, Dr David Hunter. He is as meticulous in his detailed analysis as hers, but he is much easier to follow – he does not use obscure medical terms – so I found this most interesting, highly intriguing and very disturbing. And the storyline …? Well that was totally gripping and almost hair-raising in the true sense. What is also exciting is that this is the beginning of a series, the next David Hunter book comes out in hardback in August, paperback early 2008 … I can hardly wait.
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Adapted from The Chemistry of Death and Written in Bone - starring Harry Treadaway as Dr David Hunter
'A classy debut' The Times 'Best thriller I've read all year' Tess Gerritsen
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 many faces of death, before tragedy made him abandon this previous life.
Now the police want his help.
But to become involved will stir up memories he's long tried to forget. Then a second woman disappears, plunging the close-knit community into a maelstrom of fear and paranoia.
And no one, not even Hunter, is exempt from suspicion.
Gruesome and gripping, this startling new British crime thriller has an unnerving and original twist.
