When the Ashes Burn by Phil Lovesey
Chilling, truly horrifying psychological thriller from a highly talented new young British novelist: 'A name to watch' -- Frances Fyfield, Mail on Sunday Local police thought George Picket was little more than a serial complainer. But as Chairman of the Chelmsford Allotment Society, the summer's run-in with a wayward group of youths had begun to reach ever more serious heights. Then one late October evening a single match lights a trail of suburban death and destruction, whose dreadful hidden consequences reach far beyond the innocent allotment plots. Freelance reporter Jack Latimer takes up Picket's case, completely unaware of the millennial nightmare the Chairman's tale will unearth. A severed head, a badly bungled drugs deal, a dead hangman's grandson and the menace of juvenile crime are jsut some of the elements Jack will encounter in reporting a story which threatens not only to destroy his career -- but his very life too. For in uncovering the full horrors of the drop -- Jack Latimer has a long way to fall.
'Death Duties is chilling and deviously plotted' Val McDermid 'Ingenious interesting debut' Literary Review 'A promising new young British voice' Time Out 'A superior piece of crime writing' Literary Review (of Ploughing Potter's Field)
Born in Essex in 1963, and the son of award-winning crime writer Peter Lovesey, Phil Lovesey took a foundation course in art, leading to a degree in film and TV. He worked as a copywriter in London and turned to 'proper' writing in 1994 with a series of short stories. He has lived in Chelmsford for nine years and has been married for ten. He and his wife have three young children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780002326803 |
| ISBN 10 | 0002326809 |
| Title | When the Ashes Burn |
| Author | Phil Lovesey |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2000-04-03 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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