The Black Country

By Alex Grecian

Book Overview

Scotland Yard s Murder Squad returns, in the stunning new historical thriller from the author of the acclaimed national bestseller "The Yard." The British Midlands. It s called the Black Country for a reason. Bad things happen there. When members of a prominent family disappear from a coal-mining village and a human eyeball is discovered in a bird s nest the local constable sends for help from Scotland Yard s new Murder Squad. Fresh off the grisly 1889 murders of The Yard, Inspector Walter Day and Sergeant Nevil Hammersmith respond, but they have no idea what they re about to get into. The villagers have intense, intertwined histories. Everybody bears a secret. Superstitions abound. And the village itself is slowly sinking into the mines beneath it. Not even the arrival of forensics pioneer Dr. Bernard Kingsley seems to help. In fact, the more the three of them investigate, the more they realize they may never be allowed to leave. . . ."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399159339
• ISBN13: 9780399159336
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Putnam Adult
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.9" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher