The Art Of Death
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Crime; Thriller
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February 2021
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Czech Republic: Dobrovsky
UK & Commonwealth (exc. Canada): Bonnier Zaffre
DI Grace Archer Series Book 1
An underground artist leaves three glass cabinets in Trafalgar Square that contain a gruesome installation: the corpses of three homeless men.
With the artist promising more to follow, newly-promoted Detective Inspector Grace Archer and her caustic DS, Harry Quinn, must race against time to follow what few clues have been left by a savvy killer.
As more bodies are exhibited at London landmarks and live streamed on social media, Archer and Quinn's pursuit of the elusive killer becomes a desperate search.
But when Archer discovers that the killer might be closer than she originally thought - she realises that he has his sights set firmly on her...
He is creating a masterpiece. And she will be the star of his show.
Selected Praise
“Early one morning a lorry rolls into Trafalgar Square in central London and unloads three large glass cabinets. It is a gruesome art installation, shocking because floating in the liquid inside each cabinet is the naked body of a homeless man posed as if begging ... This is Belfast-born Fennell’s first thriller, and you couldn’t ask for a more assured if startlingly graphic and gory debut.”
“Written with a clear grasp of social media, the story simply bristles with invention - though it is not for the faint-hearted.”
“A hugely compelling procedural thriller set in London. Unsettling, fast-paced, suspenseful and gripping. Loved the way the cityscape was rendered (I miss London!) EXCELLENT!”
