5 May 2016, Head of Zeus, 352 pages, Hardback, Review copy
Content: extremely mature scenes, grisly murder, strong languages
Summary from Head of Zeus
HIS LIFE WAS DEVOTED TO ART.
HIS DEATH WAS A MASTERPIECE.
Leonard Lawson was a respected professor of medieval art. He lived a quiet life in a suburb of Liverpool with his grown-up daughter. As far as anyone knew, he had no enemies.
Louise Lawson watched her father die. Before she blacked out, she saw his body mutilated and deformed, twisted into a hellish parody of the artworks he loved.
Investigating a killer bringing medieval horror to Merseyside, DCI Eve Clay must overcome her own demons to unpick the dark symbolism of the crime scene. A fifty-year silence has been broken - with a message written in blood...
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HIS DEATH WAS A MASTERPIECE.
Leonard Lawson was a respected professor of medieval art. He lived a quiet life in a suburb of Liverpool with his grown-up daughter. As far as anyone knew, he had no enemies.
Louise Lawson watched her father die. Before she blacked out, she saw his body mutilated and deformed, twisted into a hellish parody of the artworks he loved.
Investigating a killer bringing medieval horror to Merseyside, DCI Eve Clay must overcome her own demons to unpick the dark symbolism of the crime scene. A fifty-year silence has been broken - with a message written in blood...
- See more at: http://headofzeus.com/books/dead-silent#sthash.Yqh3CE4W.dpuf
HIS
LIFE WAS DEVOTED TO ART.
HIS DEATH WAS A MASTERPIECE.
HIS DEATH WAS A MASTERPIECE.
Leonard Lawson was a respected professor of
medieval art. He lived a quiet life in a suburb of Liverpool with his
grown-up daughter. As far as anyone knew, he had no enemies.
Louise Lawson watched her father die. Before she
blacked out, she saw his body mutilated and deformed, twisted into a
hellish parody of the artworks he loved.
Investigating a killer bringing medieval horror to
Merseyside, DCI Eve Clay must overcome her own demons to unpick the
dark symbolism of the crime scene. A fifty-year silence has been
broken - with a message written in blood...
Nayu's thoughts
Despite being obscene in
places it was a fantastic murder mystery. I'm surprised to be giving
this full marks, as some of the content is obscene in what the evil
doers do - it is for mature audiences only. Thankfully I have a lousy
memory so there's a high probability of me eventually forgetting it.
The problem with said memory is that because there is so much going
on in the story, especially near the end with identities getting
confused I did lose the finer details of the plot which are woven
throghout the story and revealed at times when I was scared for those
caught up in it.
The book is amazing.
Sick, but amazing. I love how I got so attached to LOUISE because she
seemed like a frail elderly spinster. Ha! That's all I'm saying.
No-one is who they seem. There is clearly a lot of back story for
Clay, but I didn't feel left out from not knowin it, apart from the
issue with her son which was one part I lost the plot thread for. The
intensity of the murderer's cruelty and the creepiness of knowing who
they are before everyone else did made it a high end thriller.
I took the precaution of only reading it in daylight, I could have done
without making beetroot coleslaw the following day as it reminded me
of certain scenes (why does beetroot look like blood?), but I take
away with me appreciation for the world in general (that will make
sense when you read what happens in the book) ans awe of writers like
Mark who can stomach writing that kind of work. Not a genre I ever
intend to write in, but will happily (in daylight hours) read it.
Find out more on Mark's website.
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