Written in Bone

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Simon Beckett: Written in Bone (2007, Delacorte Press)

Hardcover, 328 pages

English language

Published Oct. 27, 2007 by Delacorte Press.

ISBN:
978-0-385-34005-2
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OCLC Number:
865254943

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“I took the skull from its evidence bag and gently set it on the stainless steel table. ‘Tell me who you are. . . .’ ” With this silent plea, forensic expert Dr. David Hunter ignites a harrowing murder investigation on a windswept Scottish island, and a tale of menace, sexuality, and revenge unravels—along with the chilling message that a killer has…

Dr. David Hunter should be in London with the woman he loves and a past he can’t quite shake off. Instead, as a favor to a beleaguered cop, Hunter travels to a remote island in the Outer Hebrides to inspect a baffling set of remains. A forensic anthropologist, he has seen bodies destroyed by all forms of violence, but even he is surprised at what he finds: human remains burned beyond recognition—all within the confines of an otherwise undamaged, unoccupied cottage. Local police want to rule the death …

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Subjects

  • Forensic anthropologists -- Fiction
  • Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
  • Scotland -- Fiction