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Cumbria, 1967. Grieving the loss of her son, Cordelia Hemlock is in a village graveyard when lightning strikes a tumbledown tomb—and gives her a glimpse of a new corpse that doesn't belong among the crumbling bones. But when the body vanishes, the authorities refuse to believe some hysterical outsider. Cordelia persuades Felicity Goose, the only other person to have seen the corpse, to join her investigation. But the villagers don't take kindly to their interference. There are those who believe the village's secrets should remain buried . . . whatever the cost.
"Exceptional . . . Evocative prose . . . Mark is writing at the top of his game" Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Deft writing, a plot filled with strange and unexpected twists, vivid characters, and a constant feeling of foreboding make this a gripping and unusual read"; Booklist
"Mark is a wonderfully descriptive writer and an exciting young talent"; PETER JAMES
David Mark was a journalist for fifteen years and now writes fiction full-time. The first novel in his DS McAvoy series, Dark Winter, was chosen for the Harrogate New Blood panel (where he was the Reader in Residence), selected for the Richard & Judy Book Club, and was a Sunday Times bestseller. Dead Pretty was longlisted for the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger in 2016.
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