Bantam Press Publishes New Psychological Thriller By International Bestselling Author Simon Beckett

Published by Bantam Press on 30th January 2014

Available in hardback | tradepaperback | audio

Random House Group UK Ltd

Superbly written, Stone Bruises is a classic nail-shredder of a thriller that holds you from the beginning and slowly,

inexorably tightens its grip as the story unfurls and keeps you guessing until the unnerving and shocking final twist...

'Somebody!' I half-sob and then, more quietly, 'Please.' The words seem absorbed by the afternoon heat, lost amongst the trees. In their aftermath, the silence descends again. I know then that I’m not going

Sean is on the run. We don't know why and we don't know from whom, but we do know he's abandoned his battered, blood-stained car in the middle of a sweltering, isolated, lonely part of rural France. Desperate to avoid the police, he takes to the hedgerows and country lanes only to be caught in the vicious jaws of a trap. Near unconscious from pain and loss of blood, he is freed and taken in by two women - the daughters of the owner of a rundown local farm with its ramshackle barn, blighted vineyard and the brooding lake. And it's then that Sean's problems really start... 

Simon Beckett is a freelance journalist and writes for national newspapers and colour supplements. He is the author of four international bestselling crime thrillers featuring his forensic anthropologist hero, Dr David Hunter: The Chemistry of Death, Written in Bone, Whispers of the Dead and The Calling of the Grave. Simon is married and lives in Sheffield.

To find more about the author, visit www.simonbeckett.com

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