The Chemistry of Death by Simon Beckett

A quiet village conceals a disturbing killer

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Forensic anthropologist David Hunter has left his former career behind and is working as a doctor in a Norfolk village. He hopes the change will allow him to escape the grief and memories attached to his old life. The discovery of a woman's mutilated body makes that distance impossible, bringing his specialist knowledge back into an investigation the community cannot ignore. As fear and suspicion spread, the village's apparent familiarity becomes unsettling, and further danger draws closer. Simon Beckett introduces Hunter in a crime thriller that combines forensic investigation with a claustrophobic setting, asking how much anyone knows about the people around them when murder disrupts an ordinary place.