Book Title: Letters From Dead ISBN: 9781409189923 By Author(s):HURCOM SAM By Publisher:ORION Format:PB
'Gothic, claustrophobic, and wonderfully dark'GUARDIAN on Sam Hurcom's Thomas Bexley novels...
The next stifling, atmospheric gothic crime novel following one of the world's first forensic photographers - for fans ofThe Woman in Black,The Silent CompanionsandLittle Strangers.
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1905. A year after 'the affair' in Dinas Powys, Thomas Bexley has become a drunkard and recluse, haunted by terrible visions of the dead. But when news of a spate of extraordinary kidnappings reaches him, Thomas is shocked to learn that his dear friend and former mentor, Professor Elijah Hawthorn, is the lead suspect.
Discovering a plea for help from Hawthorn claiming to have unearthed a gruesome conspiracy at the heart of the Metropolitan Police, Thomas embarks on a journey to prove Hawthorn's innocence.
But wherever Thomas goes, he is followed by the dead, and as the mystery of Hawthorn's disappearance deepens, so too does Thomas's apparent insanity...
How can Thomas be certain of the truth when he can't trust anybody around him,not even himself...?
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Praise for Sam Hurcom:
'Anintriguingdebut'THE TIMES
'A promising debut -gothic, claustrophobic and wonderfully dark'GUARDIAN
'Asparkling debutfrom a name to watch...You might as well be in another world. This istop notch historical crime fiction, with a dash of the supernatural. Agorgeous book and a riveting tale' David Young