{"product_id":"the-calling-of-the-grave-9781504076159","title":"The Calling of the Grave","description":"\u003cb\u003eA forensic pathologist must once again confront a twisted serial killer in the international bestselling author's \"bone-chillingly bleak\" crime thriller (\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Det. Insp. Terry Connor turns up on David Hunter's doorstep, it's an unwelcome reminder of the past in more ways than one. They had once worked together, recovering the victims of a serial killer on the bleak expanse of Dartmoor in Southern England. When Terry's behavior caused a bitter rift, the partnership ended. But now the serial killer--a psychotic rapist and murderer named Jerome Monk--has escaped from high-security prison. And he seems to be targeting anyone involved with the search. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e David has no choice but to return to his past that is far from dead and buried--especially when he receives a mysterious appeal for help from Sophie Keller, who also worked with the recovery team in Dartmoor. As he is drawn back into Jerome's twisted world, David discovers that nothing about the original case was what it seemed. And as the maniac's bloody trail edges ever closer, David is forced to question who he can really trust.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e Simon Beckett is the international bestselling author of the David Hunter thrillers. His books have been translated into twenty-nine languages, appeared in the Sunday Times\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eTop 10 bestseller list, and sold more than ten million copies worldwide. A former freelance journalist who has written for the\u003ci\u003e Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e Independent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003eand the\u003ci\u003e Observer\u003c\/i\u003e, Beckett's 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As well as co-winning the Ripper Award in 2018\/19, the largest European crime prize, Beckett won the Raymond Chandler Society's 'Marlowe' Award and was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger, CWA Dagger in the Library, and Theakston's Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In addition to his David Hunter series, Beckett has written five standalone novels, one of which, \u003ci\u003eWhere There's Smoke\u003c\/i\u003e, was adapted into a major two-part drama. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50568270119186,"sku":"9781504076159","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b5574a77-e5a3-4dc5-8474-7737b14919be.jpg?v=1731940922","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-calling-of-the-grave-9781504076159","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}