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Island of Bones
Imogen Robertson
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Description for Island of Bones
Paperback. Shortlisted for the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award 2011 Num Pages: 496 pages, map. BIC Classification: FJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 209 x 32. Weight in Grams: 338.
Cumbria, 1783. A broken heritage; a secret history... The tomb of the first Earl of Greta should have lain undisturbed on its island of bones for three hundred years. When idle curiosity opens the stone lid, however, inside is one body too many. Gabriel Crowther's family bought the Gretas' land long ago, and has suffered its own bloody history. His brother was hanged for murdering their father, the Baron of Keswick, and Crowther has chosen comfortable seclusion and anonymity over estate and title for thirty years. But the call of the mystery brings him home at last. ... Read more
Cumbria, 1783. A broken heritage; a secret history... The tomb of the first Earl of Greta should have lain undisturbed on its island of bones for three hundred years. When idle curiosity opens the stone lid, however, inside is one body too many. Gabriel Crowther's family bought the Gretas' land long ago, and has suffered its own bloody history. His brother was hanged for murdering their father, the Baron of Keswick, and Crowther has chosen comfortable seclusion and anonymity over estate and title for thirty years. But the call of the mystery brings him home at last. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
337g
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780755372041
SKU
V9780755372041
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99-2
About Imogen Robertson
Imogen Robertson grew up in Darlington, studied Russian and German at Cambridge, and now lives in London. She directed for TV, film and radio before becoming a full-time author, and also writes and reviews poetry. Imogen won the Telegraph's 'First thousand words of a novel competition' in 2007 with the opening of Instruments of Darkness, her first novel.
Reviews for Island of Bones
'Matchless storytelling, gripping and moving in equal measures. Addictive'
Nicci French
This series, launched after Robertson won a Telegraph writing competition, continues to excel'
Daily Telegraph
'Chillingly memorable...an extraordinary thriller'
Tess Gerritsen
Nicci French
This series, launched after Robertson won a Telegraph writing competition, continues to excel'
Daily Telegraph
'Chillingly memorable...an extraordinary thriller'
Tess Gerritsen