Burial Hour

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2017
Edition: Reprint

Description: 466 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. The Only Proof That A Man Was Snatched Is An Account Of An Eight Year Old Girl And The Miniature Noose Lying On The Road.

Publishers Description: The man was kidnappedfrom a New York streetThe only witnessis a childThe only clue is a videoof a man hanging The ComposerThe only proof that a man was snatched in broad daylight is the account of an eight-year-old girl - and the miniature noose left lying on the street.A crime scene this puzzling demands forensic expertise of the highest order. Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are called in to investigate.Then the case takes a stranger turn: a recording surfaces of the victim being strangled, his gasps underscoring a piece of music. The video is marked as copyright The Composer...Despite their best efforts, the suspect gets away. So when a similar kidnapping occurs on a dusty road outside Naples, Rhyme and Sachs don't hesitate to rejoin the hunt.But the search is now a complex case of international cooperation - and not all those involved may be what they seem. All they can do is follow the evidence, before their time runs out.

ISBN: 9781473618657