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How the Dead Speak

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How the Dead Speak by Val McDermid is a gripping crime thriller that explores complex themes of justice, redemption, and the past's haunting grip. As Tony Hill serves his prison sentence, his former partner, Carol Jordan, grapples with her own demons. The discovery of a large number of skeletons at an abandoned convent pulls them back together, leading to a labyrinthine investigation filled with chilling secrets and moral complexities.
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How the Dead Speak

The next heart-pounding Tony Hill and Carol Jordan thriller from number one bestseller Val McDermid.

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Don't miss the electrifying new Karen Pirie thriller - STILL LIFE is out now

The eleventh book in the Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series, from No. 1 bestselling author Val McDermid.

'The queen of crime is still at the top of her game' Independent

No one can tell a story like she can' Daily Express

'One of today's most accomplished crime writers' Literary Review

'We are all creatures of habit. Even murderers . . .'

When human remains are discovered in the grounds of an old convent, it quickly becomes clear that someone has been using the site as their personal burial ground. But with the convent abandoned long ago and bodies dating back many years, could this be the work of more than one obsessive killer?

The investigation throws up more questions as the evidence mounts but, after their last disastrous case, Tony Hill and Carol Jordan can only watch from afar. As they deal with the consequences, someone with a terrifying routine is biding their time - and both Tony and Carol find themselves closer to the edge than they have ever been before . . .

Masterful and filled with suspense, this is the most electrifying, heart-racing thriller yet from number one bestseller and queen of crime Val McDermid.

Series: Tony Hill and Carol Jordan

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How the Dead Speak by Val McDermid is highly praised for its brilliance, reaffirming McDermid's position as a leader in crime and thriller with unmatched insight into psychological dynamics. Her status as the "Queen of Crime" is considered unchallenged, and her deep understanding of both perpetrator and investigator sets her apart.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780751576931

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 February 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Sphere

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 126.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 332g

Pages: 480

About the Author

Val McDermid is a number one bestseller whose novels have been translated into forty languages, and have sold over nineteen million copies. She has won many awards internationally, including the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year and the LA Times Book of the Year Award. She was inducted into the ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards Hall of Fame in 2009, was the recipient of the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2010 and received the Lambda Literary Foundation Pioneer Award in 2011.

In 2016, Val received the Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction Award at the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival and in 2017 received the DIVA Literary Prize for Crime, and was elected a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Val has served as a judge for the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Man Booker Prize, and was Chair of the Wellcome Book Prize in 2017. She is the recipient of seven honorary doctorates, is an Honorary Fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford and a Professor at the University of Otago in New Zealand. She writes full time and divides her time between Edinburgh and East Neuk of Fife.

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