Chemistry of Death

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Simon Beckett: Chemistry of Death (2022, Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.)

English language

Published Dec. 26, 2022 by Open Road Integrated Media, Inc..

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978-1-5040-7603-6
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4 stars (20 reviews)

Three years ago, David Hunter moved to rural Norfolk to escape his life in London, his gritty work in forensics, and a tragedy that nearly destroyed him. Working as a simple country doctor, seeing his lost wife and daughter only in his dreams, David struggles to remain uninvolved when the corpse of a woman is found in the woods, a macabre sign from her killer decorating her body. In one horrifying instant, the quiet summer countryside that had been David's refuge has turned malevolent--and suddenly there is no place to hide.The village of Manham is tight-knit, far from the beaten path. As a newcomer, Dr. Hunter is immediately a suspect. Once an expert in analyzing human remains, he reluctantly joins the police investigation--and when another woman disappears, it soon becomes personal. Because this time she is someone David knows, someone who has managed to penetrate the icy barrier around his …

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2 stars

Well, if you solve the whodunit not even 10% in, you can't recommend a crime thriller too highly.

Specific scenes were intense to read, but that kind of quality was absent in the larger plot. Cheap cliffhangers and overused cliches, character arcs going nowhere.

Most disappointing was the lack of intricacy the title promised: The chemistry of death, as in investigative forensics, is a very minor part of the book and does barely nudge the plot.

The book is readable and I guess it is what you expect it to be, it is just not particular good at it. I don't get the legend status this seems to have in the genre, but then again I am not a crime thriller savant either.

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