Whispers of the Dead
Book description
'Menacing, beautifully paced' Daily Mail
Inspired by Beckett's visit to the world-renowned Body Farm in Tennessee
A serial killer is at work, and the death toll is rising . . .
The victim has been bound and tortured, the body decomposed beyond recognition.
Then a second body is found. A…
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1 author picked Whispers of the Dead as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Nobody does gore with more charm than the British, and Becket loves his blood and guts. His victims are barely recognizable. But I selected this novel mainly for its setting at a body farm. I have a card in my wallet offering my organs when I have no further use for them. But the farm is peopled with volunteer cadavers; those who have agreed to donate their bodies for forensic studies. Offering up a live heart is one thing. But you’d have to sign off ownership of the whole kit and kaboodle to science once that heart stops beating. It’s…
From Colin's list on reads whilst awaiting radiology and/or death.
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