Whispers of the Dead
(David Hunter 3): Harry Treadaway is Dr David Hunter: the darkly compelling new TV series ‘The Chemistry of Death’ – streaming now on Paramount+
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4.3 • 45 Ratings
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- £3.99
Publisher Description
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Adapted from The Chemistry of Death and Written in Bone - starring Harry Treadaway as Dr David Hunter
'Menacing, beautifully paced' Daily Mail
A serial killer is at work, and the death toll is rising . . .
The victim has been bound and tortured, the body decomposed beyond recognition.
Then a second body is found. A nightmare is about to begin.
Once a brutal abduction takes place, it becomes a terrifying race against time for forensic expert David Hunter . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Beckett's third thriller to feature Dr. David Hunter, who was almost stabbed to death in 2007's Written in Bone, takes Hunter from his familiar British surroundings to Tennessee's legendary Body Farm, where researchers study how corpses decompose. When evidence surfaces that a serial killer is at large, Hunter's mentor and Body Farm director, Tom Lieberman, enlists his help in tracking down the culprit. After the killer abducts profiler Alex Irving, fears escalate that future victims will include other members of the investigating team. Still traumatized by his brush with death and unsure of the validity of his instincts, Hunter takes a while to hit his stride. As in Written in Bone, Beckett ratchets up the suspense by inserting short sections from the murderer's perspective, and keeps the tension taut to the end with a late twist. While the final revelation won't surprise everyone, this entry reinforces the author's place in the front rank of forensic crime novelists.
Customer Reviews
Wisphers of the dead
Good read from start to finish hard to put down
Whispers of the dead
Gripped . Hard to put down , a real page turner . Had me guessing until the end 👌🏻
Whispers of the Dead
I absolutely loved the first three books by this writer that I read but this one was much less enjoyable. Partly I think it was the U.S. setting on the body farm and so much of it was in the mortuary but mainly it was because of the numerous unpleasant descriptions of the sights and smells of death and decay. I would read more in this series in the hope that they were more like the earlier ones.