Simon Beckett has worked as a freelance journalist, writing for national newspapers and colour supplements. He is the author of four international bestselling crime thrillers featuring his forensic anthropologist hero, Dr David Hunter: The Chemistry of Death, Written in Bone, Whispers of the Dead and The Calling of the Grave. His latest novel is Stone Bruises. He lives in Sheffield. To find out more, visit www.simonbeckett.com
Brilliant. One of the best novels I've read in years MARTINA COLE A strong heroine penned by a man ... should grip readers of both sexes all the way to its incendiary climax MICHAEL CORDY, bestselling author of The Miracle Strain