Simon Beckett: Whispers of the Dead. € 14,00
plain black letters were the words Anthropological Research Facility,' but it was better known but another, less formal name. Most people just called it The Body Farm. The victim has been bound and torturer, 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 terrifying race against time. front flap text: In America to escape London and the violence that nearly killed him, forensics expert David Hunter has returned to the research facility where he trained a?? the Body Farm in Tennessee. He needs to know whether he's still up to the job of confronting death in all its strange and terrible forms. So when his former mentor invites him to accompany him to a crime scene, he agrees. He'll be there as an observer, so what could possibly go wrong? But even he is unprepared for what awaits them in the remote cabin out in the woods. The victim has been bound and tortured, the body has decomposed beyond recognition. Although fingerprints seem to identify the killer, Hunter is uneasy: nothing is quite as it should be. Then a second body is found. And it becomes clear that the investigating team faces a nightmare of deception and misdirection. Hunter knows they're dealing with a killer who is dangerously familiar with the intricacies of forensics. As the death toll rises and tensions mount, he is pushed deeper into the heart of a desperate manhunt. But has he met his match? This time is David Hunter on the trail of a maniac who simply cannot be stopped? Shocking, cunning and heart-stoppingly exciting, Whispers of the Dead is a crime thriller of the highest order from a No.1 international bestselling storyteller.

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