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The Grave Tattoo Val McDermid

The Grave Tattoo By Val McDermid

The Grave Tattoo by Val McDermid


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Summary

The award-winning and Number One bestselling Val McDermid crafts an electrifying psychological suspense thriller that mixes history, heritage and heinous crimes.

The Grave Tattoo Summary

The Grave Tattoo by Val McDermid

The award-winning and Number One bestselling Val McDermid crafts an electrifying psychological suspense thriller that mixes history, heritage and heinous crimes.

A 200 year-old-secret is now a matter of life and death.
And it could be worth a fortune.

It's summer in the Lake District and heavy rain over the fells has uncovered a bizarrely tattooed body. Could it be linked to the old rumour that Fletcher Christian, mutinous First Mate on the Bounty, had secretly returned to England?

Scholar Jane Gresham wants to find out. She believes that the Lakeland poet William Wordsworth, a friend of Christian's, may have sheltered the fugitive and turned his tale into an epic poem - which has since disappeared.

But as she follows each lead, death is hard on her heels. The centuries-old mystery is putting lives at risk. And it isn't just the truth that is waiting to be discovered, but a bounty worth millions ...

The Grave Tattoo Reviews

'An irresistible combination of contemporary psychological thriller and historical mystery' Tess Gerritsen

'Cunning and gripping... A substantially entertaining novel which grips the reader's interest from the first page until the final deeply satisfying sentence' Express

'Trying to solve a 200-year-old mystery becomes increasingly lethal and readable' Mirror

'One of the world's leading mystery writers...Thomas Harris crossed with Agatha Christie, if you will... A great read. England's heritage history has never been so chilling' Observer

'Safe for the squeamish... one of her best' Literary Review

About Val McDermid

Val McDermid grew up in a Scottish mining community then read English at Oxford. She was a journalist for sixteen years, spending the last three years as Northern Bureau Chief of a national Sunday tabloid. Now a full-time writer, she divides her time between Cheshire and Northumberland. Her novels have won international acclaim and a number of prestigious awards, including the Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year, the Anthony Award for best novel, and the Los Angeles Times Book of the Year Award. Her thriller series featuring criminal profiler Tony Hill has been adapted into the much-loved TV series Wire in the Blood.

Additional information

GOR000400321
9780007142873
0007142870
The Grave Tattoo by Val McDermid
Used - Very Good
Paperback
HarperCollins Publishers
2007-02-26
560
Short-listed for British Book Awards: Books Direct Crime Thriller of the Year Award 2008
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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