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The Chemistry of Death

The Chemistry of Death, October 2006
by Simon Beckett

Delacorte
Featuring: Dr. David Hunter
320 pages
ISBN: 0385340044
EAN: 9780385340045
Hardcover
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"Fabulous forensic thriller."

Fresh Fiction Review

The Chemistry of Death
Simon Beckett

Reviewed by Mandy Burns
Posted September 18, 2006

Suspense | Thriller Police Procedural

Dr. David Hunter is running from his past and his occupation in the small English village of Manham. The local General Practitioner, Dr. Henry Maitland, hires David to help him run his clinic after a tragic car accident, which leaves Dr. Maitland without use of his legs. David's new life is uneventful until local boys find the dead body of Sally Palmer. During a routine background check on the patrons living in Manham, local law enforcement learns that David is a specialist in forensic anthropology. They become extremely persistent in asking him to assist them in figuring out the details of Sally's death; David reluctantly agrees to help them -- just this once. When another female body is found, David must use all of his expertise and face his own past to help find a killer. This is a fabulous read!!! The forensic detail is so astonishing that I did not miss a word and refused to put it down.

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SUMMARY

When the bizarrely mutilated body of a young woman is found near the tiny isolated Norfolk village of Manham, it isn't just the fact that she was a friend that disturbs Dr David Hunter. A one-time high-profile forensic anthropologist, he was once all too familiar with the different faces of death, until a devastating personal tragedy made him abandon his former life and career. Now hidden away as a country doctor, Hunter had hoped his past would remain buried. So when he's asked to use his arcane skills to help track down the killer, he's reluctant to become involved. He knows to do so will only stir up the painful memories he's been trying so hard to forget. But then another woman disappears, plunging Manham into a maelstrom of fear and paranoia where no one, not even Hunter, is exempt from suspicion. As the once peaceful community begins to tear itself apart, he knows he will need all his knowledge and expertise if the twisted killer is to be stopped...


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