Whispers of the Dead
by Simon Beckett

Release Date: 1st Jan 2010
Publisher: Bantam Press
ISBN: 978 0 5538 1751 5
RRP: £6.99

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Brilliant crime novel bursting with intriguing twists...

Third in the series featuring forensic anthropologist, David Hunter, Whispers of the Dead is phenomenally gruesome and chillingly gritty - precisely what we have come to expect from this fabulous home-grown talent.

After the harrowing events in Written in Bone, David Hunter is attempting to get his life back on track. In order to do so, some elemental part of him seeks out the origins of his fascination with forensic work and he travels back to Tennessee – more specifically, the Body Farm. Here, students and professionals alike train to recognise and understand the various methods and stages of decomposition; like watching nature’s destructive effects on a corpse – that the Farm uses real human cadavers makes it that more scientific and exacting.

Inevitably, a murder investigation crops up mid-trip and David is in two minds as to whether or not he is ready to renter the sordid and often disturbing world of homicide. This time, however, he feels that he has little choice – particularly when the killer appears to be picking off the investigating team one at a time.

Beckett is ever crime fan’s dream – stuffing his writing with sufficient accuracy and attention to detail to satisfy the most demanding, as well as infusing realism into his stories through the very human main character, David Hunter. In Whispers of the Dead, it is his perversely narcissistic and ingeniously awful killer that steals the show. It is always a pleasure to read his novels and Whispers of the Dead is no exception.

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