The Chemistry of Death
by Simon Beckett
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Author: Simon BeckettEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-07-31
ISBN: 0440335957
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Dell
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Book Review: A Winner
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been a avid reader of Kathy Reichs, and until her last couple of books, Patricia Cornwell. I discovered Simon Beckett quite by accident through a multi-path search looking at the 'Customers who Bought This Also Bought...' and read the reviews. Okay, my thoughts were, new author for me - I'll take a chance. Let's just say, I'm hooked. With the backdrop of Great Britain, (can't get enough of it) the male forensic perspective is, as much as I respect Kathy Reichs, Patricia Cornwell and their respective female forensic protagonists, refreshing.
I enjoyed the Chemistry of Death so much that I bought Written in Bone. I'm about half way through that and I'm totally transported to the remote Hebrides of Scotland. His characters (even the dead ones) and the scenes he portrays literally come alive. Knowing this is an author whose books will take a place of prominence on my bookshelf, I also just bought Whispers of the Dead.
It's easy to become completely absorbed in his books and I don't want to put them down at night even though I know at some point I have to turn the light off and go to sleep. I tell myself, 'just one more page' until it's the wee hours of the morning by the time I force myself to put it down.
Looking forward to the next one!
Summary of The Chemistry of Death
Three years ago, David Hunter moved to rural Norfolk to escape his life in London, his gritty work in forensics, and a tragedy that nearly destroyed him. Working as a simple country doctor, seeing his lost wife and daughter only in his dreams, David struggles to remain uninvolved when the corpse of a woman is found in the woods, a macabre sign from her killer decorating her body. In one horrifying instant, the quiet summer countryside that had been David?s refuge has turned malevolent?and suddenly there is no place to hide.The village of Manham is tight-knit, far from the beaten path. As a newcomer, Dr. Hunter is immediately a suspect. Once an expert in analyzing human remains, he reluctantly joins the police investigation?and when another woman disappears, it soon becomes personal. Because this time she is someone David knows, someone who has managed to penetrate the icy barrier around his heart. With a killer?s bizarre and twisted methods screaming out to him, with a brooding countryside beset with suspicion, David can feel the darkness gathering around him. For as the clock ticks down on a young woman?s life, David must follow a macabre trail of clues?all the way to its final, horrifying conclusion.
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