The Scent of Death
- Author Simon Beckett
- Narrator Jonathan Keeble
- Publisher Transworld
- Publish Date 16 May 2019
- Run Time 11 hours and 38 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Adventure fiction, Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Psychological thriller, Thriller / suspense fiction.
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Based on The Chemistry of Death and Written in Bone - starring Harry Treadaway as Dr David Hunter
Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Scent of Death written by Simon Beckett, read by Jonathan Keeble.
It's been a good summer for forensics expert Dr David Hunter. His relationship is going well and he's in demand again as a police consultant. Life is good.
Then a call comes from an old associate: a body has been found, and she'd like Hunter to take a look.
The empty shell of St Jude's Hospital now stands awaiting demolition, its only visitors society's outcasts, addicts and dealers. A partially mummified corpse has been discovered in the hospital's cavernous loft, but not even Hunter can say how long it's been there. All he knows for sure is that it's the body of a young woman. And that she was pregnant.
But the collapse of the loft floor reveals another of the hospital's secrets. A sealed-off chamber, still with beds inside. Some of them occupied...
For Hunter, what began as a straightforward case is about to become a twisted nightmare that threatens everyone around him. And as the investigation springs more surprises, one thing is certain.
St Jude's hasn't claimed its last victim . . .
With its viscerally authentic forensics, menacing atmosphere and nerve-shredding tension, Simon Beckett's new crime thriller will leave you gasping.
Critics Review
Simon Beckett’s sixth novel featuring the forensic anthropologist David Hunter is arguably his best . . . a superbly strong read.
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