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![]() | The Hanging Wood (2011) (The fifth book in the Lake District Mystery series) A novel by Martin Edwards |
Twenty years ago, a teenage boy, Callum Hinds, went missing in England's Lake District. His uncle was suspected of having done the boy harm and interviewed by the police. When he committed suicide close to his cottage in the Hanging Wood, everyone assumed it was a sign of guilt. But the body of the boy was never found.
Now his sister, Orla Payne, who never believed in their uncle's guilt, has returned to the Lakes, and takes up a job in an atmospheric residential library, close to her father's farm, the upmarket caravan park where her step-father works, and the Hanging Wood. She wants to find the truth about Callum's disappearance, and--at the prompting of Daniel Kind--and, in a drunken call, tries to interest DCI Hannah Scarlett, head of Cumbria's Cold Case Review Team, in the case. Hannah is reluctant, leading Orla to demand whether she cares about justice. Hannah does care, and when Orla dies in strange and shocking circumstances, she determines to find the truth about what happened to Callum--and to Orla.
Hannah's investigation brings her back into contact with Daniel, while she tries to resolve her troubled relationship with bookseller Marc Amos. But their personal lives have to be put on hold when another death occurs, and Hannah finds herself racing against time to prevent a shocking murder as the past casts long shadows on the sunlit landscape of the Lakes.
Genre: Mystery
Now his sister, Orla Payne, who never believed in their uncle's guilt, has returned to the Lakes, and takes up a job in an atmospheric residential library, close to her father's farm, the upmarket caravan park where her step-father works, and the Hanging Wood. She wants to find the truth about Callum's disappearance, and--at the prompting of Daniel Kind--and, in a drunken call, tries to interest DCI Hannah Scarlett, head of Cumbria's Cold Case Review Team, in the case. Hannah is reluctant, leading Orla to demand whether she cares about justice. Hannah does care, and when Orla dies in strange and shocking circumstances, she determines to find the truth about what happened to Callum--and to Orla.
Hannah's investigation brings her back into contact with Daniel, while she tries to resolve her troubled relationship with bookseller Marc Amos. But their personal lives have to be put on hold when another death occurs, and Hannah finds herself racing against time to prevent a shocking murder as the past casts long shadows on the sunlit landscape of the Lakes.
Genre: Mystery
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Hardback Editions
July 2011 : Hardback
| Title: Hanging Wood, The (Lake District Mystery) Author(s): Martin Edwards ISBN: 0-7490-1054-1 / 978-0-7490-1054-6 (UK edition) Publisher: ALLISON & BUSBY Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
April 2011 : Hardback
| Title: The Hanging Wood (Lake District Mysteries) Author(s): Martin Edwards ISBN: 1-59058-852-5 / 9781590588529 (USA edition) Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
May 2012 : Paperback
| Title: Hanging Wood, The (Lake District Mystery) Author(s): Martin Edwards ISBN: 0-7490-1152-1 / 978-0-7490-1152-9 (UK edition) Publisher: Allison & Busby Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
April 2011 : Paperback
| Title: The Hanging Wood Author(s): Martin Edwards ISBN: 1-59058-853-3 / 9781590588536 (USA edition) Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 2011 : Paperback
| Title: The Hanging Wood (Lake District Mysteries) Author(s): Martin Edwards ISBN: 1-59058-854-1 / 9781590588543 (USA edition) Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Audio Editions
October 2011 : Audio Cassette
| Title: The Hanging Wood Author(s): Martin Edwards ISBN: 1-4079-2817-1 / 978-1-4079-2817-3 (UK edition) Publisher: Soundings Audio Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
October 2011 : Audio CD
| Title: The Hanging Wood Author(s): Martin Edwards ISBN: 1-4079-2818-X / 978-1-4079-2818-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Soundings Audio Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Download Editions
July 2011 : Digital Download
| Title: The Hanging Wood (Lake District Mystery) Author(s): Martin Edwards ISBN: 0-7490-4035-1 / 978-0-7490-4035-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Allison & Busby Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Other Editions
November 2011 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Hanging Wood: A Lake District Mystery (Lake District Mysteries) Author(s): Martin Edwards Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Availability: Amazon More details... |
October 2011 : Unknown
| Title: The Hanging Wood Author(s): Martin Edwards ISBN: 1-4079-2819-8 / 978-1-4079-2819-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Soundings Audio Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
July 2011 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Hanging Wood (Lake District Mysteries 5) Author(s): Martin Edwards Publisher: Allison & Busby Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
July 2011 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Hanging Wood (Lake District Mysteries 5) Author(s): Martin Edwards Publisher: Allison & Busby Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
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