by RupertThomson (Author)
One night in November 2002, PC Billy Tyler is called to a mortuary in Suffolk to guard the body of a notorious child-killer. But in the eerie silence of the hospital, the killer's presence begins to assert itself. A vivid evocation of an extraordinary moment in crime history, "Death of a Murderer" is a dark and gripping meditation on the fears and temptations that haunt us all.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 04 Feb 2008
ISBN 10: 0747592675
ISBN 13: 9780747592679
Book Overview: Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2007 As chilling as Norman Mailer's The Executioner's Song, as mesmeric as Truman Capote's In Cold Blood By the highly acclaimed author of Divided Kingdom and Dreams of Leaving
Prizes: Shortlisted for Costa Novel Award 2007.