{"product_id":"the-restless-dead-9781504076173","title":"The Restless Dead","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA forensic pathologist gets mired in the deadly secrets of an English backwater village in this \"tense, gripping\" crime thriller (\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTop forensics expert Dr. David Hunter is facing an uncertain future. His career hangs in the balance and his personal life has taken a turn for the worse. Then, he takes a call from Detective Inspector Lundy from the Essex force. Just up the coast from Mersea Island, a badly decomposed body has been found. The local police would welcome David's help with the recovery and identification--and they would especially like it if the body was identified as Leo Villiers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeo Villiers is the adult son of a prominent regional family who went missing weeks ago, and the investigators are under pressure to close the case. Villiers was allegedly having an affair with a married woman, Emma Derby, who is also missing. The theory is that the young man disposed of his lover and then killed himself. But with the hands and feet missing and the face no longer recognizable, David has his doubts about the identity of the remains. As the remote wetlands give up ever more grisly secrets, David is slowly drawn into a toxic mire of family betrayals, provincial lies, and deadly stakes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Restless Dead\u003c\/i\u003e is a deep dive into darkness. Simon Beckett's masterful storytelling and macabre forensic details make his novels utterly chilling reads.\" --Tess Gerritsen, author of \u003ci\u003eNew York Times-\u003c\/i\u003ebestseller\u003ci\u003e Harvest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The forensics are chillingly authentic, the writing is both taut and atmospheric.\" --Anne Cleeves, bestselling author of the Vera Stanhope series\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","brand":"Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50497410400530,"sku":"9781504076173","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3f327ca3-c50a-4cb8-abe7-1fd8de6bb758.jpg?v=1730713069","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-restless-dead-9781504076173","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}