A Darker Domain
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$55.00 |
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1/09/2008 |
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C Format Hardback
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1984, Fife: Heiress Catriona Maclennan Grant and her baby son are kidnapped. The ransom payoff goes horribly wrong, and she dies. Her son disappears without trace.
2008, Tuscany: A jogger stumbles upon dramatic new evidence that reopens the cold case. For Detective Sergeant Karen Pirie, it′s an opportunity to make her mark. But it′s an opportunity that comes with a high risk price tag.
1984, Fife: At the height of the politically charged national miners′ strike, Mick Prentice abandons his family to join the strike-breakers down south. Labelled a blackleg scab, he might as well be dead as far as his friends and relatives are concerned.
2008, Fife: A young woman walks into a police station to report Mick Prentice missing. And since Karen Pirie′s already immersed in 1984, another inquiry with a cold trail ends up on her desk.
Past and present intertwine in a dark novel of psychological suspense that explores the intersection of desire and greed.
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Author Extras
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The Grave Tattoo
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 torrential rain has uncovered a bizarrely tattooed body on a hillside. Could it be linked to centuries-old rumours that surround Fletcher Christian,...
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A Place of Execution
Winter 1963: two children have disappeared off the streets of Manchester; the murderous careers of Myra Hindley and Ian Brady have begun. On a freezing day in December, another child goes missing: thirteen-year-old Alison Carter vanishes from the isolated Derbyshire hamlet of...
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The Last Temptation
A twisted killer targeting psychologists has left a grisly trail across Europe. Dr Tony Hill, expert at mapping the minds of murderers, is reluctant to get involved. But then the next victim is much closer to home... Meanwhile, his former partner, DCI Carol Jordan, is working...
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