LoveReading Says
One of our Books of the Year 2013.
A favourite author of mine changes tack. He used to write sweeping, Jeffrey Archer-esque sagas (wonderful), now he turns to crime and introduces a new series detective, Fiona Griffiths. She is the reason for reading this - and read it you must. A strange, clever woman with an honours degree in Philosophy from Cambridge, she suffers from Cotard's Syndrome, a rare condition on which the author includes a note. It is an intricate, complex novel with an absorbing plot but, as I've said, it is the character of Fiona (Fi) that drives it. Don't miss it for as it begins a series you do need to know Fi from the start. Brilliant addition to the genre.
April 2013 Book of the Month.
The Lovereading view...
Welcome to the world of D.C. Fiona Griffiths. This new pacey, compelling series, set in Cardiff, is told purely from the point of view of Fiona – seriously good detective but with a shed load of issues and haunted by her own dark past. In this opening book a brutal murder of a mother and child, that on the surface looks like an open and shut case, leads to a much darker mystery. We know Harry has already written more in this series which we can’t wait to read when they are published.
Sarah Broadhurst
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Talking to the Dead Synopsis
For rookie detective constable Fiona Griffiths, her first major investigation promises to be a tough initiation into Cardiff's dark underbelly. A young woman and her six-year-old daughter have been found brutally murdered in a squalid flat, the single clue a platinum credit card belonging to a millionaire businessman who died in a plane crash six months before. For her fellow cops, it's just another case of a low-rent prostitute meeting the wrong kind of client and coming to a nasty end, but Fiona is convinced that the tragic lives and cruel deaths of this mother and daughter are part of a deeper, darker mystery. Fiona, however, has secrets of her own. She is still recovering from a crushing psychological breakdown, and the feelings which haunt her are constantly threatening to undermine the mask of normality she has learned to wear. As she begins to piece together a bizarre and terrifying conspiracy, Fiona finds that what makes her vulnerable also gives her a unique insight into the secrets of the dead, and in solving the murders of Janet and April Mancini she can begin to start solving the riddles of her own past.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781409137221 |
| Publication date: |
28th March 2013 |
| Author: |
Harry Bingham |
| Publisher: |
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) an imprint of Orion Publishing Co |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
378 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Crime and Mystery
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