The Scent of Death
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  • Published: 16 May 2019
  • ISBN: 9781473572898
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 11 hr 38 min
  • Narrator: Jonathan Keeble

The Scent of Death

Harry Treadaway is Dr David Hunter: the darkly compelling new TV series ‘The Chemistry of Death’ – streaming now on Paramount+

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18 Apr 2019
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16 May 2019
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3 Oct 2019
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Forensics expert Dr David Hunter returns in the menacing, skin-pricklingly tense new crime thriller from international bestseller Simon Beckett, author of The Chemistry of Death.

* Don't miss 'THE CHEMISTRY OF DEATH' TV SERIES - debuts on Paramount+ on 19 Jan 23 *

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.
  • Published: 16 May 2019
  • ISBN: 9781473572898
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 11 hr 38 min
  • Narrator: Jonathan Keeble
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About the author

Simon Beckett

Simon Beckett is the No.1 international bestselling author of the David Hunter series: The Chemistry of
Death, Written in Bone, Whispers of the Dead, The Calling of the Grave, The Restless Dead and The Scent of Death. His books have been translated into 29 languages, appeared in the Sunday Times top 10 bestseller lists and sold over 10 million copies worldwide. A former freelance journalist, he has written for The Times, Daily Telegraph, Independent on Sunday and Observer. The inspiration for the first David Hunter novel came after a visit to the world-renowned Body Farm in Tennessee introduced him to the work of forensic anthropologists. Joint-winner (with Arne Dahl) of Europe’s largest crime fiction prize – the Ripper Award 2018/19 – he has also won the Raymond Chandler Society’s Marlowe Award and been short-listed for the CWA Gold Dagger, CWA Dagger in the Library and Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year awards. He is
also the author of several stand-alone novels including Stone Bruises and Where There's Smoke. Simon Beckett lives in Sheffield.

portrait photo of Simon Beckett

Also by Simon Beckett

The Chemistry of Death
The Restless Dead
Where There's Smoke
Stone Bruises
The Calling of the Grave
Whispers of the Dead
Written in Bone
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Praise for The Scent of Death

Beckett's masterful storytelling and macabre forensic details make his novels utterly chilling reads.

TESS GERRITSEN

Simon Beckett’s sixth novel featuring the forensic anthropologist David Hunter is arguably his best . . . a superbly strong read.

Marcel Berlins, THE TIMES