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Scorched Earth

Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781473643123

Price: £9.99

ON SALE: 6th September 2018

Genre: Fiction & Related Items / Crime & Mystery

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Detective McAvoy investigates a murder and a missing person case in this dark and compelling thriller, for fans of Stuart MacBride and Peter May.

The police think Crystal Heathers isn’t missing.

The trainee detective assigned to the case isn’t so sure.

McAvoy thinks someone was being held at the derelict building where they just found a body pinned to the wall…and that all the signs point to it being a little girl.

But why would anyone not report a kidnapping?

And how far would someone go to get revenge?

The case will test McAvoy to breaking point – as the crimes of the present lead him to a final violent confrontation with an enemy from his own past.

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Reviews

The McAvoy series pulls off the double whammy of cracking characters and cunning plots. The big detective Aector McAvoy is so real and so loveable you want to have a pint with him, and the legendary Trish Pharaoh proves that a man can create an utterly compelling female character
Anya Lipska
More twists and turns than a corkscrew through the eyeball
Val McDermid
Breathtaking. Mark writes bad beautifully
Peter May
Truly exhilarating and inventive. Mark is a wonderfully descriptive writer and an exciting young talent.
Peter James
There is a good array of villains, and Mark is impressive in his sensitive portrayals of the relationships between the principal characters at work and home.
The Times
Mark's rich, distinctive prose style and damaged characters compel you to keep reading... shaping up to be an essential crime series
Crime Scene Magazine
Dark, compelling crime writing of the highest order
Geoffrey Wansell, Daily Mail
Highly entertaining
The Sunday Times
Effortlessly blends the brutal and the tender, the dark and the light. Aector McAvoy is a true original. So is David Mark.
Mick Herron, author of <i>Dead Lions</i>
To call Mark's novels police procedurals is like calling the Mona Lisa a pretty painting. Beautifully crafted, filled with flashbacks, horror, angst, and chilling detail, this one is his most complex and best yet.
Kirkus starred review
In McAvoy, David Mark has created a big hero with a huge heart. His skill at weaving threads of light through the darkest fabric has rightly won him a legion of fans who like their crime fiction to be real and compassionate.
Sarah Hilary
A brilliant read.
Sun
Aficionados of the grittiest, most trenchant fare love Mark's copper Aector McAvoy, who customarily moves in a darkly realised Hull.
Financial Times
Praise for David Mark
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