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Val McDermid
Val McDermid is a master of crime fiction, and her work on the iconic Miss Marple series is a testament to that. She's a writer who knows how to craft a compelling mystery that keeps you guessing until the very end.
How the Dead Speak
Synopsis
Tony Hill is behind bars, convicted of manslaughter, while Carol Jordan is at loose ends without her career or her closest collaborator. When two different sets of skeletons are discovered on the grounds of a former convent, Jordan's old team has to pick up an investigation neither of its former leaders can run.
Tony, meanwhile, is forced into an uneasy truce with his own vindictive mother, while Carol drifts toward a group campaigning to free prisoners they believe were wrongly convicted. The eleventh Tony Hill and Carol Jordan novel keeps both characters at arm's length from the case that needs them most.
Genres
Characters
Tony HillProtagonist
Imprisoned for manslaughter, forced to deal with his own mother from behind bars.
Carol JordanProtagonist
Adrift without her career, drawn toward a group trying to free wrongly convicted prisoners.