The Whispering Dead

About the author

David Mark spent seven years as crime reporter for the Yorkshire Post and now writes full-time. The first novel in his DS McAvoy series, Dark Winter, was selected for the Harrogate New Blood panel (where he was Reader in Residence) and was a Richard & Judy pick and a Sunday Times bestseller. Dead Pretty was longlisted for the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger in 2016. He is also the author of the Sal Delaney police procedurals and a number of standalone thrillers. He lives in Northumberland with his family.

Summary

Cordelia Hemlock is teetering on the verge of joining MI6 when she meets the enigmatic Walt, a high-ranking member of the Secret Intelligence Service, who tells her: They won't want you to do well. They won't ever trust you. They don't trust me and I'm one of them. She takes this as a challenge rather than a warning. It may be a mistake ...

Product details

• Authors: David Mark, Mark David
• Publisher: Canongate
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.12.2022
• EAN: 9780727850553
• ISBN: 978-0-7278-5055-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 225 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 415 g
• Series: A Cordelia Hemlock Novel
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Historical crime novels; London, Greater London, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, Historical mysteries, Crime & mystery, FICTION / Thrillers / Espionage, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, FICTION / Thrillers / Political, FICTION / Thrillers / Historical, 21st Century, Political / legal thriller, Historical crime and mysteries, Espionage and spy thriller, c 2010 to c 2019, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear