DEAD PEOPLE PB - Softcover

Hutton, Ewart

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007478240 ISBN 13: 9780007478248

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2014

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date :2014-01-30 Pages: 400 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins UK DS Glyn Capaldi. half Welsh. half Italian. all maverick. returns in the CWA shortlisted series blowing fresh life into crime fiction DS Glyn Capaldi. exiled to the big empty middle of Wales to atone for past sins in Cardiff. is called in to investigate a human skeleton that has been uncovered during the excavations for a wind farm in a remote valley. The body is missing its head and its hands. Identity erasure or a ritual killing Glyn's assertion that there must be a local connection is overruled by his superiors. They believe that the body has been transported and dumped. a theory that gains support when additional bodies start to pile up. But Capaldi is unconvinced. and sets out to prove that there is someone within the local community capable of achieving the levels of cold and manipu...

About this title

About the Author:

EWART HUTTON was born and raised in and around Glasgow before slipping south to university in Manchester, and then on to diverse occupations in London. He has won numerous awards and prizes for his radio plays which have been produced for BBC Radio 4, RTE, and Radio Clyde. His stage play,The Making of Forfar Athletic's Austrian Supporters Club, won the joint Traverse Theatre and Scottish Television Enterprise's Comedy Play Competition, and his playLetters from Ezrawas a joint winner of the Croydon Warehouse Theatre's International Playwriting Festival. He now lives in the South of France with his wife Annie. His first novel,Good People, was shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association's John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2012.

Review:

“Hutton's absorbing second mystery featuring Det. Sgt. Glyn Capaldi (after 2013's Good People) finds the disgraced detective stationed so deep in the wilds of Wales that he's literally investigating crimes against sheep...Hutton is definitely a writer to watch” ―Publishers Weekly

“Witty and wicked, Dead People follows Hutton's debut, Good People and sets the stage for a third entry. A fresh voice in crime fiction, Hutton invests this gripping novel with an intricate plot, intriguing characters, an insular community and inspired prose--and it's a winner in every way.” ―Richmond Time-Dispatch

“Fans of gritty British crime fiction will welcome Hutton's twisty first novel, set in Wales.” ―Publishers Weekly on Good People

“Everyone who thinks Ian Rankin doesn't write fast enough should give newcomer Hutton a try. The plot twists are cunning, and Glyn Capaldi is the most appealing antihero this side of John Rebus.” ―Kirkus Reviews on Good People

“Shortlisted for the 2012 Crime Writers' Association's John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger for best first novel, this is a stunningly dark debut. The first person narrative keeps it personal, making the detective's vulnerabilities that much more intense.” ―Library Journal on Good People

“Smart, fast-moving, and hard-hitting, this is a crime thriller with a witty edge to it.” ―The Northern Echo on Good People

“A kick in the pants to the traditional maverick cop novel by a master of English prose. Good People breaks a stereotype in this pacey debut.” ―The judges of the 2012 CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger on Good People

“Hutton's striking debut gives us a convincing version of the detective as outsider, and a cunning mystery that lasts through to the final pages.” ―Morning Star (UK) on Good People

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0007478240
• ISBN 13: 9780007478248
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400