The body beneath the willows
Louth, Nick2022
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On the tree-lined banks of Surrey's River Wey, a decaying corpse is dug up by workmen in the middle of an Anglo-Saxon burial site. His modern dental fillings show that this is no Dark Age corpse. DCI Craig Gillard is called in, but the body's condition makes identification difficult. One man, however, seems to fit the bill - Ozzy Blanchard, a contractor employed by the same water firm doing the digging who disappeared six months ago, his crashed company car found nearby. But then an X-ray of the corpse throws the investigation into turmoil. A shard of metal lodged in his neck turns out to be part of an Anglo-Saxon dagger unknown to archaeologists. Who wielded this mystery weapon and why? Does the answer lie in a murderous feud between two local families?
Main title:
The body beneath the willows / Nick Louth.
Author:
Louth, Nick, author
Imprint:
London : Canelo Crime, 2022.
Collation:
319 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
ISBN:
9781800328419 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92THR
LC class:
PR6112.O9
Local class:
FICFFT PbkMYS Pbk
Language:
English
BRN:
3049172