Twentysomething Kate Davis cant seem to get this grieving-widow thing down. Shes supposed to put on a brave face and get on with her life, right? Instead shes camped out on her living-room floor, unwashed, unkempt, and unable to sleepbecause her husband, Kevin, keeps talking to her. Is she losing he
Talking to the Dead A Novel
β Scribed by Bingham, Harry
- Book ID
- 108895957
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780345533746
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β¦ Synopsis
A mesmerizing and thrilling debut novel--perfect for fans of Tana French and Stieg Larsson--that introduces a modern, unforgettable rookie cop whose past is as fascinating and as deadly as the crimes she investigates.
SHE KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE. . . .
At first, the murder scene appears sad, but not unusual: a young woman undone by drugs and prostitution, her six-year-old daughter dead alongside her. But then detectives find a strange piece of evidence in the squalid house: the platinum credit card of a very wealthy--and long dead--steel tycoon. What is a heroin-addicted hooker doing with the credit card of a well-known and powerful man who died months ago? This is the question that the most junior member of the investigative team, Detective Constable Fiona Griffiths, is assigned to answer.
But D.C. Griffiths is no ordinary cop. She's earned a reputation at police headquarters in Cardiff, Wales, for being odd, for not picking up on social cues,...
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