Dark Sky Island
A chilling mystery set on the Channel Islands
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
'A brooding, complex mystery' CAZ FREAR
'A deeply atmospheric and gripping thriller with a wonderful sense of place' ROZ WATKINS
There's a killer on the island - and someone knows who...
When human bones are found in a remote bay in the Channel Islands, DCI Michael Gilbert is plunged into an investigation to find out who they belong to. The remains are decades old - but after another body is discovered, the police realise they could be dealing with a serial killer.
Journalist Jennifer Dorey is desperate for answers, driven by a secret of her own - but it soon becomes clear that nobody on the island is quite what they seem. Will anyone tell the truth before it's too late? Or will the killer on the island strike again...?
A gripping thriller, perfect for fans of Ann Cleeves and Peter May.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Dearman's crisply written sequel to The Devil's Claw takes Jenny Dorey from Guernsey, where she's a reporter for the Guernsey News, to the nearby Channel Island of Sark, where a human skeleton has turned up in a cave. Sark three miles long by a mile wide has a population of about 450. For police work, the Sarkees depend on the force in Guernsey. At the site where the bones were found, Jenny sees the investigating officer, her friend Det. Chief Insp. Michael Gilbert, who tells her that the skeleton is female and has been there for at least 20 years. Hours later, someone slits the throat of doddering old Reg Carr , leading Jenny to wonder: "What the hell else can have happened on Sark in the last twenty-four hours?" The answer is plenty. Meanwhile, Jenny remains obsessed with the death of her father, who fell from his boat two years earlier and drowned in what was officially deemed an accident, but she believes was murder. An intricate plot, intriguing characters, and an unusual setting make this a winner.)
