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![]() | The Blood Detective (2008) (The first book in the Nigel Barnes series) A novel by Dan Waddell |
Macavity Awards (nominee)
| "Elegant writing, engaging characters, a cracking climax." Reginald Hill |
When the naked, mutilated body of a man is found in a Notting Hill graveyard and the police investigation led by Detective Chief Inspector Grant Foster and his colleague Detective Superintendent Heather Jenkins yields few results, a closer look at the corpse reveals that what looked at first glance like superficial knife wounds on the victim's chest is actually a string of carved letters and numbers, an index number referring to a file in city archives containing birth and death certificates and marriage licenses. Family historian Nigel Barnes is put on the case. As one after another victim is found in various locations all over London, each with a different mutilation but the same index number carved into their skin, Barnes and the police work frantically to figure out how the corresponding files are connected. With no clues to be found in the present, Barnes must now search the archives of the past to solve the mystery behind a string of 100-year-old murders. Only then will it be possible to stop the present series of gruesome killings, but will they be able to do so before the killer ensnares his next victim? Barnes, Foster, and Jenkins enter a race against time - and before the end of the investigation, one of them will get much too close for comfort.
Genre: Mystery
Genre: Mystery
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Used availability for Dan Waddell's The Blood Detective
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Hardback Editions
November 2008 : Hardback
| Title: The Blood Detective (Thorndike Mystery) Author(s):: Dan Waddell ISBN: 1410410927 / 9781410410924 (USA edition) Publisher: Thorndike Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
June 2008 : Hardback
| Title: The Blood Detective Author(s):: Dan Waddell ISBN: 0312378904 / 9780312378905 (USA edition) Publisher: Minotaur Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
Paperback Editions
July 2008 : Paperback
| Title: The Blood Detective Author(s):: Dan Waddell ISBN: 0141025654 / 9780141025650 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Availability: Amazon CA Amazon Amazon UK |
May 2008 : Paperback
| Title: The Blood Detective Author(s):: Dan Waddell ISBN: 0718154169 / 9780718154165 (UK edition) Publisher: Michael Joseph Ltd Availability: Amazon CA Amazon UK |
April 2008 : Paperback
| Title: Blood Ties Author(s):: Dan Waddell ISBN: 0718148835 / 9780718148836 (UK edition) Publisher: Michael Joseph Ltd Availability: Amazon CA Amazon UK |
Audio Editions
January 2009 : Audio CD
| Title: The Blood Detective (unabridged audio book) Author(s):: Dan Waddell, narrated by Colin Mace ISBN: 1407424645 / 9781407424644 (UK edition) Publisher: Whole Story Audio Books Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
2008 : Audio Cassette
| Title: The Blood Detective Author(s):: Dan Waddell ISBN: 1407431196 / 9781407431192 (UK edition) Publisher: RecordedBooks Availability: Amazon |
2008 : Audio CD
| Title: The Blood Detective Author(s):: Dan Waddell ISBN: 1440720711 / 9781440720710 Publisher: RecordedBooks Availability: Amazon |
Kindle Editions
August 2008 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Blood Detective Author(s):: Dan Waddell ISBN: B002RI9FT0 Publisher: Penguin Availability: Amazon UK |
June 2008 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Blood Detective Author(s):: Dan Waddell ISBN: B004TNH79Q Publisher: Minotaur Books Availability: Amazon |
June 2008 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Blood Detective Author(s):: Dan Waddell ISBN: B001GCULZK Publisher: Minotaur Books Availability: Amazon |
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