
The Distant Dead
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From the #1 bestselling author of The Detective's Daughter.
LONDON, 1940
Several neighbours heard the scream of the woman in the bombed-out house. One told the detective she thought the lady had seen a mouse. Another said it wasn't his business what went on behind closed doors. None of them imagined that a trusting young woman was being strangled by her lover.
TEWKESBURY, 2020
Beneath the vast stone arches of Tewkesbury Abbey, a man lies bleeding, close to death. He is the creator of a true-crime podcast which now will never air. He was investigating the murder of a 1940s police pathologist - had he come closer to the truth than he realised?
Stella Darnell has moved to Tewkesbury to escape from death, not to court it. But when this man dies in her arms, Stella, impelled to root out evil when she finds it, becomes determined to hunt down his killer and to bring the secrets he was searching for into the light...
Praise for The Detective's Daughter series:
'Lesley Thomson gets better and better' Ian Rankin
'Cunningly plotted' Mick Herron
'One of the most original characters in British crime fiction... Thomson's plots are original and she draws her characters with genuine affection' Sunday Times
'In the best traditions of the classic whodunnit, this is Midsomer Murders for grown-ups' Jake Kerridge, Sunday Express
'Gloriously well-written... Thomson creates a rich and sinister world that is utterly unique' William Shaw
Reviews / Votes
This is her best novel to date; it is not only a complex mystery, full of strange characters - many of whom meet at a talking-shop called the Death Cafe - but also a sensitive exploration of grief * The Times * The Distant Dead is a little different from others in this absorbing series, but in many respects it's just the same - as well as those characters, and plenty of sinister atmosphere, it's a cracking good read, with plenty of twists and turns.The Detective's Daughter gets better and better - and I'm sure she'll be back! * Promoting Crime Fiction * PRAISE FOR LESLEY THOMSON:'One of the most original characters in British crime fiction... Thomson's plots are original and she draws her characters with genuine affection' Sunday Times.
'In the best traditions of the classic whodunnit, this is Midsomer Murders for grown-ups' Jake Kerridge, Sunday Express.
'Lesley Thomson gets better and better' Ian Rankin.
'A clever mystery plot... Its excellence is in the characters, all credible and memorable' Literary Review.
'Gloriously well-written... Thomson creates a rich and sinister world that is utterly unique'
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Content
- Intro
- By Lesley Thomson
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Map
- PART ONE
- Prologue
- Thursday, 12 December 1940
- Chapter One
- December 2019
- Jackie
- Chapter Two
- December 2019
- Stella
- Chapter Three
- Wednesday, 11 December 1940
- Chapter Four
- December 2019
- Stella
- Chapter Five
- Thursday, 12 December 1940
- Chapter Six
- December 2019
- Jack
- Chapter Seven
- December 2019
- Stella
- Chapter Eight
- Thursday, 12 December 1940
- Chapter Nine
- December 2019
- Stella
- Chapter Ten
- December 1940
- Chapter Eleven
- 2019
- Chapter Twelve
- 1940
- Chapter Thirteen
- 2019
- Stella
- Chapter Fourteen
- December 1940
- Chapter Fifteen
- 2019
- Jackie
- Chapter Sixteen
- 2019
- Stella
- Chapter Seventeen
- December 1940
- Chapter Eighteen
- 2019
- Stella
- Chapter Nineteen
- December 1940
- Chapter Twenty
- 2019
- Stella
- Chapter Twenty-One
- December 1940
- Chapter Twenty-Two
- 2019
- Jack
- Chapter Twenty-Three
- 2019
- Stella
- Chapter Twenty-Four
- 2019
- Stella
- Chapter Twenty-Five
- 29 December 1940
- PART TWO
- Chapter Twenty-Six
- 5 November 1979
- Chapter Twenty-Seven
- 2019
- Jack
- Chapter Twenty-Eight
- 2019
- Stella
- Chapter Twenty-Nine
- 2019
- Jack
- Chapter Thirty
- 2019
- Stella
- Chapter Thirty-One
- 2019
- Jackie
- Chapter Thirty-Two
- 2019
- Stella
- Chapter Thirty-Three
- 2019
- Jackie
- Chapter Thirty-Four
- 2019
- Stella
- Chapter Thirty-Five
- 2019
- Jack
- Chapter Thirty-Six
- 2019
- Stella
- Chapter Thirty-Seven
- 2019
- Jackie
- Chapter Thirty-Eight
- 2019
- Stella
- Chapter Thirty-Nine
- 2019
- Stella
- Chapter Forty
- 2019
- Jack
- Chapter Forty-One
- 2019
- Stella
- Chapter Forty-Two
- 2019
- Jackie
- Chapter Forty-Three
- 2019
- Jack
- Chapter Forty-Four
- 2019
- Stella
- Chapter Forty-Five
- 2019
- Jack
- Chapter Forty-Six
- 2019
- Stella
- Chapter Forty-Seven
- 2019
- Jack
- Chapter Forty-Eight
- 2019
- Stella
- Chapter Forty-Nine
- 2019
- Jack
- Chapter Fifty
- 2019
- Stella
- Chapter Fifty-One
- 2019
- Jack
- Chapter Fifty-Two
- 2019
- Stella
- Chapter Fifty-Three
- 2019
- Jack
- Chapter Fifty-Four
- 2019
- Stella
- Chapter Fifty-Five
- 2019
- Jack
- Chapter Fifty-Six
- 2019
- Stella
- Epilogue
- Christmas Eve
- Jackie
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- An Invitation from the Publisher
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