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The Grave Tattoo

By: Val McDermid
Narrated by: Julie Maisey
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Summary

When torrential summer rains uncover a bizarrely tattooed body on a Lake District hillside, old wives' tales also come swirling to the surface. For centuries Lakelanders have whispered that Fletcher Christian staged the massacre on Pitcairn so that he could return home. And there he told his story to an old friend and schoolmate, William Wordsworth, who turned it into a long narrative poem.

Wordsworth specialist Jane Gresham, herself a native of the Lake District, feels compelled to discover once and for all whether the manuscript ever existed - and whether it still exists today....

©2006 Val McDermid (P)2006 W. F. Howes Ltd Amateur Sleuths Crime Fiction Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Mystery Small Town & Rural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Thriller Crime Detective Exciting
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"Absorbing modern mystery." ( Times)
"An irresistible combination of contemporary psychological thriller and historical mystery." (Tess Gerritsen)
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Can this really be Val McDermid ? Never been know to fail . . . . but really not up to standard. Unsympathetic characters with carved from stone dialogue . Really had no interest in any of them and not bothered about their fates. Maybe a reissue of a very early work? Certainly reads like one

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I was a bit sceptical about this at first, finding the little Wordsworth insertions a bit distracting. However the pleasant narration and the coming together of the story won me over. Not a thrill a minute type book, but a good listen and an interesting idea.

Something different from Val. Good narration.

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great plot . Lots of twists and turns keeping the listener interested. Would like to hear more about Jayne Gresham...

couldn't stop listening

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enjoyed this book, easy to follow, it's just it all comes very quickly at the end

had to keep listing

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A little slow to start but stick with it
It was a real good tale with with factual information combinned.

A Val McDermid special A thorough good listen.

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