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The Burying Ground

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Pub Date Dec 01 2020 | Archive Date Aug 05 2020

Canongate | Black Thorn


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Description

Cumbria, 1967. Grieving the loss of her son, Cordelia Hemlock is in a village graveyard when lightning strikes a tumbledown tomb—and gives her a glimpse of a new corpse that doesn’t belong among the crumbling bones. But when the body vanishes, the authorities refuse to believe some hysterical outsider.

Cordelia persuades Felicity Goose, the only other person to have seen the corpse, to join her investigation. But the villagers don’t take kindly to their interference. There are those who believe the village’s secrets should remain buried . . . whatever the cost.

Cumbria, 1967. Grieving the loss of her son, Cordelia Hemlock is in a village graveyard when lightning strikes a tumbledown tomb—and gives her a glimpse of a new corpse that doesn’t belong among the...


Advance Praise

'Mark is a wonderfully descriptive writer' Peter James

'Exceptional . . . Evocative prose . . . Mark is writing at the top of his game' Publishers Weekly

'Deft writing, a plot filled with strange and unexpected twists, vivid characters, and a constant feeling of foreboding make this a gripping and unusual read' Booklist

'Mark is a wonderfully descriptive writer' Peter James

'Exceptional . . . Evocative prose . . . Mark is writing at the top of his game' Publishers Weekly

'Deft writing, a plot filled with strange and...


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ISBN 9781838850944
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