# The Chemistry of Death (David Hunter 1): the Skin-Crawlingly Frightening David Hunter Thriller

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**Adapted from _The Chemistry of Death_ and _Written in Bone_ - starring Harry Treadaway as Dr David Hunter**  
  
**'A classy debut'** _The Times_  
**'Best thriller I've read all year'** Tess Gerritsen  
  
**Dr David Hunter hoped he might at last have put the past behind him. But then they found what was left of Sally Palmer . . .**  
  
It isn't just that she was a friend that disturbs him. Once he'd been a high-profile forensic anthropologist and all too familiar with the many faces of death, before tragedy made him abandon this previous life.  
  
**Now the police want his help.**  
  
But to become involved will stir up memories he's long tried to forget. Then a second woman disappears, plunging the close-knit community into a maelstrom of fear and paranoia.  
  
**And no one, not even Hunter, is exempt from suspicion.**  
  
Gruesome and gripping, this startling new British crime thriller has an unnerving and original twist.

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