Splinter in the Blood by Ashley Dyer - ISBN: 9781472151025
Paperback
Partner betrays, killer stalks, secrets bleed: who can you trust?

Splinter in the Blood

A Novel

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  • Paperback

    448 pages

  • Release Date

    7 February 2019

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Summary

After months of hunting a cold-blooded murderer that the press has dubbed the Thorn Killer, Detective Greg Carver is shot in his own home. His trusted partner, Ruth Lake, is alone with him. Yet instead of calling for help, she’s rearranged the crime scene and wiped the room clean of prints.

But Carver isn’t dead.

Awakening in the hospital, Carver has no memory of being shot, but is certain that his assailant is the Thorn Killer. Though there’s no evidence to support his claim,…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781472151025
ISBN-10:147215102X
Author:Ashley Dyer
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Corsair
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:448
Release Date:7 February 2019
Weight:309g
Dimensions:32mm x 128mm x 196mm
A-Format
Splinter in the Blood by Ashley Dyer - ISBN: 9781472151025
128 × 196 mm
B-Format
C-Format
A4
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Critics Review

A taut and compelling thriller, as sharp as the thorns that feature in the plot.

A taut and compelling thriller, as sharp as the thorns that feature in the plot. - Ann Cleeves

About The Author

Ashley Dyer

Ashley Dyer is the pseudonym for novelist Margaret Murphy working in consultation with policing and forensics expert, Helen Pepper.

Margaret Murphy is a Writing Fellow and Reading Round Lector for the Royal Literary Fund, a past Chair of the Crime Writers Association (CWA), and founder of Murder Squad. A CWA Short Story Dagger winner, she has been shortlisted for the First Blood critics’ award for crime fiction as well as the CWA Dagger in the Library. She has written novels under her own name, and as A.D. Garrett.

Helen Pepper is a Senior Lecturer in Policing. She has been an analyst, Forensic Scientist, Scene of Crime Officer, CSI, and Crime Scene Manager, and has co-authored, as well as contributed to, professional policing texts. Her expertise is in great demand with crime writers: she is a judge for the CWA’s Non-Fiction Dagger award, and is Forensic Consultant on both the Vera and Shetland television series.

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