- Title:
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The Burning
- Series:
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Coroner Jenny Cooper #6
- Written by:
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Matthew Hall
- Read by:
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Siân Thomas
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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10
- Duration:
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12 hours 20 minutes
- Published:
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August 28 2017
- Available Date:
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August 28 2017
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781509877294
- Genres:
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Fiction; Crime & Thriller
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Macmillan audio
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Price
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'Hall's Gold Dagger-nominated books, quite simply, get better each time.'
The Independent on Sunday
Coroner Jenny Cooper investigates arson and a missing-child case while she battles demons from her own past in the sixth installment of this thrilling series.
A family tragedy. A buried secret. What lies hidden in the flames?
A dense, bitterly cold fog has settled over the Wye Valley when Bristol Coroner Jenny Cooper is called to the scene of a dreadful tragedy: in the village of Blackstone Ley, a house has burned to the ground with three members of a family inside.
Though evidence of foul play is quickly uncovered, it isn't long before the police investigation is drawn to a close. It seems certain that the fire was started by one of the victims, Ed Morgan, in a fit of jealous rage. But their infant son is still missing and Ed had left a message for his surviving wife, Kelly Hart, telling her that she would never find the child ...
As Jenny prepares the inquest, she finds herself troubled by the official version of events. What could have provoked Ed's murderous rampage? How might the other, guarded inhabitants of the village have been involved? And what could the connection be with the mysterious abduction of a little girl 10 years ago?
Battling to supress gruelling events in her own life, Jenny soon becomes entangled in another perplexing inquiry that may have surprising links to this one. Can she unearth Blackstone Ley's secrets, before it's too late?
'Hall has created a wonderful heroine in a genre we haven't seen before.'
Lynda La Plante