Bibliograph

The devil's claw, a Jennifer Dorey mystery, Lara Dearman

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The devil's claw, a Jennifer Dorey mystery, Lara Dearman

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The devil's claw

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Lara Dearman

Series statement

Jennifer Dorey mystery

Sub title

a Jennifer Dorey mystery

Summary

Perfect for fans of Ann Cleeves and Elly Griffiths, a gripping, atmospheric debut that transports readers to the Channel Island of Guernsey, immersing them in the hunt for a killer whose secrets are rooted in the insular community's own dark past. I'm not afraid of the darkness...Only what it hides.** Finding a drowned woman's body on the beach is the last thing journalist Jennifer Dorey's fragile psyche needs. She left London for her island home of Guernsey, England, in the aftermath of a traumatic incident that shook her to her core. Now, as a local newspaper reporter, it's Jennifer's job to prove the woman's death...but she uncovers something far bigger and more sinister than she ever could have imagined. Jennifer enlists the help of DCI Michael Gilbert to investigate a pattern of similar deaths over the last fifty years. Though he's looking forward to a comfortable-and imminent-retirement, Gilbert joins the journalist on a dark trail of island myths and folklore that leads to the door of a Nazi soldier's illegitimate son. But as Jennifer gets closer to learning the killer's identity-and his painstaking plans for mayhem-she falls ever deeper into his grasp. Sinister deeds unravel in the darkness in The Devil's Claw, Lara Dearman's exhilarating debut novel

Target audience

adult

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