Dead Silent
Published on 5. May 2016
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-1-78408-292-5 (ISBN)
Description
HIS LIFE WAS DEVOTED TO ART.
HIS DEATH WAS A MASTERPIECE.
Leonard Lawson was a respected professor of medieval art. He lived a quiet life in a suburb of Liverpool with his grown-up daughter. As far as anyone knew, he had no enemies.
Louise Lawson watched her father die. Before she blacked out, she saw his body mutilated and deformed, twisted into a hellish parody of the artworks he loved.
Investigating a killer bringing medieval horror to Merseyside, DCI Eve Clay must overcome her own demons to unpick the dark symbolism of the crime scene. A fifty-year silence has been broken - with a message written in blood...
HIS DEATH WAS A MASTERPIECE.
Leonard Lawson was a respected professor of medieval art. He lived a quiet life in a suburb of Liverpool with his grown-up daughter. As far as anyone knew, he had no enemies.
Louise Lawson watched her father die. Before she blacked out, she saw his body mutilated and deformed, twisted into a hellish parody of the artworks he loved.
Investigating a killer bringing medieval horror to Merseyside, DCI Eve Clay must overcome her own demons to unpick the dark symbolism of the crime scene. A fifty-year silence has been broken - with a message written in blood...
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 145 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78408-292-5 (9781784082925)
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Mark Roberts was born and raised in Liverpool. He was a teacher for twenty years and now works with children with severe learning difficulties. He is the author of What She Saw, which was longlisted for a CWA Gold Dagger.