From a kill-or-be-killed gunfight with a vampire to an encounter in a steampunk bordello, the weird western is a dark, gritty tale where the protagonist might be playing poker with a sorcerous deck of cards, or facing an alien on the streets of a dusty frontier town. Here are twenty-three origi
Dead Man's Daughter
β Scribed by Roz Watkins
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 184 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
'A formidable newcomer to British crime writing' Daily Mail 'Outstanding' Stephen Booth A gripping thriller set in the atmospheric Peak District, perfect for fans of Val McDermid, Broadchurch and Happy Valley *** 'She was running towards the gorge. The place the locals call Dead Girl's Drop...' DI Meg Dalton isn't prepared for her latest case. A ten year old girl is found running through the woods, barefoot and wearing only a blood-soaked nightdress. She has no memory of what happened to her, but her father is found stabbed to death in their nearby house. At first, Meg blames an intruder β but why had the girl's murdered father been so obsessed with the creepy statues in the woods, and with the girl's recent heart transplant? Meg's investigation leads her down a chilling path. The girl has been having nightmares, and seems to remember things that happened to her heart donor. Who was the donor and what happened to them? Could this have anything to do with the murder of the girl's...
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