The Blood Detective
The Blood Detective by Dan Waddell, published by Penguin Books Limited on August 7, 2008, is a gripping mystery that intertwines historical intrigue with modern crime-solving. The narrative begins with the discovery of a young man’s body in a Notting Hill churchyard, where Detective Chief Inspector Grant Foster and his team are confronted with a cryptic clue left by the killer. The investigation takes a turn when Nigel Barnes, a specialist in family trees, deciphers the clue, revealing connections to a Victorian serial killer.
Readers will find a complex plot that explores the chilling links between past and present as Barnes’s expertise becomes crucial in unraveling the mystery. The story delves into themes of crime and detective work, as well as the historical context that shapes the narrative. With 416 pages, this edition presents a detailed exploration of blood-stained family histories and the secrets that lie within them, making it a compelling read for fans of the mystery and police procedural genres.
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As dawn breaks over London, the body of a young man is discovered in a windswept Notting Hill churchyard. The killer has left Detective Chief Inspector Grant Foster and his team a grisly, cryptic clue… However it’s not until the clue is handed to Nigel Barnes, a specialist in compiling family trees, that the full message becomes spine-chillingly clear. For it leads Barnes back more than one hundred years – to the victim of a demented Victorian serial killer… When a second body is discovered Foster needs Barnes’s skills more than ever. Because the murderer’s clues appear to run along the tangled bloodlines that lie between 1879 and now. And if Barnes is right about his blood-history, the killing spree has only just begun… From the author of the bestselling Who Do You Think You Are? comes a haunting crime novel of blood-stained family histories and gruesome secrets. . .
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