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Written in Bone

Oct 7, 2024 4:30 PM

Author:Simon Beckett

Written in Bone

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Adapted from The Chemistry of Death and Written in Bone - starring Harry Treadaway as Dr David Hunter

A killer on the loose. A murder disguised as an accident . . .

As a favour to a colleague, Dr David Hunter is on the remote Hebridean island of Runa to inspect a grisly discovery. He's familiar with death in all its guises but is shocked by what he finds: a body, incinerated but for the feet and a single hand.

It appears to be a textbook case of spontaneous human combustion.

The local police are certain it's an accidental death but to Hunter the scorched remains suggest otherwise,

And as the isolated community considers the enormity of Hunter's findings, a catastrophic storm hits the island. The power goes down, communication with the outside world ceases . . .

And the killing begins in earnest.

Reviews

Masterful storytelling and macabre forensic details make his novels utterly chilling reads

—— TESS GERRITSEN

Beckett cranks up the suspense... some unexpected twists and a gory climax

—— Daily Telegraph

Well paced and contains a whole load of spicy ingredients

—— Daily Mirror

Excellent... an atmospheric, exciting story... the information about forensic medicine is as instructive as Patricia Cornwell's

—— Literary Review

One of the country's best crime writers

—— SUNDAY EXPRESS

Grimwood is a damned fine writer

—— - , Independent

The new le Carré . . . an absolutely brilliant page turner . . . if you love thrillers, Jack Grimwood is a name you need to remember

—— - , BBC Radio 2 The Sara Cox Show

Spring's best thriller

—— - , Observer

A powerful, addictive, twisty tale where no-one can be trusted

—— David Young, author of Stasi Child , -

A compulsive and supremely intelligent thriller from a master stylist

—— - , Independent

An intriguing thriller

—— - , SciFi Now

Mesmerising, surefooted, vividly realised . . . something special in the arena of international thrillers

—— Amanda Craig , -

Even better than Child 44 . . . A blizzard of exciting set pieces, superbly realized

—— Michael Marshall, author of The Straw Men , -

An extraordinarily atmospheric and immersive read ... escapism at its best

—— - , Literary Review

So atmospheric, so elegantly written . . . like Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch, or like early le Carré. I really recommend it. I just disappeared into it totally

—— - , Financial Times

The thriller of the summer ... Grimwood raises the stakes in this dark, twisty tale

—— - , Daily Telegraph

Fact and fiction merge in what they used to call a rip-roaring yarn that is totally credible. Excellent

—— - , Good Housekeeping

Matches Robert Harris, Joseph Kanon, Ken Follett and John le Carré thrill for thrill

—— Marian Keyes , -

Top-notch . . . the suspense never wavers

—— - , iPaper

Note-perfect, multi-layered, rugged as a T-34 tank. Grimwood is about to become your new favourite thriller writer

—— - , What's On Glasgow

The writing is elegant, the dialogue razor sharp, the characters drawn economically but effectively, and the action is unrelenting

—— - , Crime Time

The superior spy thriller of the year. Le Carré fans will be delighted

—— - , Scotsman

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