{"product_id":"talking-to-the-dead-9781409137221","title":"Talking to the Dead","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA crime you''ll always remember. A detective you''ll never forget.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA young girl is found dead. A prostitute is murdered. And the strangest, youngest detective in the South Wales Major Crimes Unit is about to face the fiercest test of her short career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA woman and her six-year-old daughter are killed with chilling brutality in a dingy flat. The only clue: the platinum bank card of a long-dead tycoon, found amidst the squalor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDC Griffiths has already proved herself dedicated to the job, but there''s another side to her she is less keen to reveal. Something to do with a mysterious two-year gap in her CV, her strange inability to cry - and a disconcerting familiarity with corpses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFiona is desperate to put the past behind her but as more gruesome killings follow, the case leads her back into those dark places in her own mind where another dead girl is waiting to be found...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the Fiona Griffiths mystery series:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''I have t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for gripping, atmosphere Fiona Griffiths crime thriller series:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChilling, atmospheric and so gripping it hurts. You won't read a better crime novel this year\u003c\/p\u003e -- MARK EDWARDS\u003cbr\u003eIntriguing and \u003cb\u003ecompelling \u003c\/b\u003e- I love Fiona Griffiths -- SHARON BOLTON\u003cbr\u003eIn a word - \u003cb\u003ebrilliant\u003c\/b\u003e. One of the most enjoyable crime novels I've read in a while -- JAMES OSWALD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCompelling \u003c\/b\u003eand claustrophic, Without a doubt, Fiona Griffiths is \u003cb\u003eone of crime's most memorable heroines\u003c\/b\u003e -- SARAH HILARY\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most interesting and complicated protagonists in current UK crime fiction. \u003cb\u003eTruly unforgettable\u003c\/b\u003e -- MICK HERRON\u003cbr\u003eFiona Griffiths is \u003cb\u003eone of the most unusual and engaging characters\u003c\/b\u003e in British crime fiction. Those who haven't yet encountered Fiona will be drawn into a beautifully crafted world -- SINEAD CROWLEY\u003cbr\u003eGripping...Fiona Griffiths \u003cb\u003ekept me hooked to the last page \u003c\/b\u003eand left me hungry for more -- RACHEL ABBOTT\u003cbr\u003eThis is on one level an orthodox, if \u003cb\u003eexpertly written, police procedural\u003c\/b\u003e. But the character of Fiona lifts it to an altogether different, extraordinary level. She is childlike, brilliant, courageous and utterly loopy all at the same time - as well as devastatingly real and human and alone...\u003cb\u003eShe'll haunt you long after you finish this book\u003c\/b\u003e, and send you scurrying to find what else Bingham has written. -- YORK PRESS\u003cbr\u003eFresh and compelling. The best thing coming out of this \u003cb\u003egem of a crime story\u003c\/b\u003e is the promise of another -- NY DAILY NEWS\u003cbr\u003eCompelling...\u003cb\u003ea new crime talent to treasure\u003c\/b\u003e -- DAILY MAIL","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739060449623,"sku":"9781409137221","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781409137221.jpg?v=1720051039","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/talking-to-the-dead-9781409137221","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}