Dead And Not Buried
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
A lone figure trudges through a desolate winter landscape, bare trees clawing at a grey sky — and somewhere nearby, a body refuses to stay hidden. Dead and Not Buried is a gripping crime mystery by H.F.M. Prescott, a writer better known for her acclaimed historical works but equally masterful in the art of suspense. Set against a chillingly atmospheric backdrop, the novel follows the dark unravelling of a seemingly buried secret, as the past proves stubbornly, dangerously alive. The narrative builds with quiet menace, drawing the reader into a world where nothing — and no one — is quite what they appear. Prescott brings to her fiction the same meticulous intelligence and psychological acuity that distinguished her celebrated historical writing, crafting characters of genuine depth and moral complexity. The prose is restrained yet evocative, letting dread accumulate in the silences between scenes rather than through melodrama. For readers who appreciate crime fiction with literary weight and atmosphere — where the mystery is as much about human nature as it is about whodunit — this is a novel that will linger long after the final page.
Author: H.F.M. Prescott
Format: Hardback
Genre: Crime fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
A lone figure trudges through a desolate winter landscape, bare trees clawing at a grey sky — and somewhere nearby, a body refuses to stay hidden. Dead and Not Buried is a gripping crime mystery by H.F.M. Prescott, a writer better known for her acclaimed historical works but equally masterful in the art of suspense. Set against a chillingly atmospheric backdrop, the novel follows the dark unravelling of a seemingly buried secret, as the past proves stubbornly, dangerously alive. The narrative builds with quiet menace, drawing the reader into a world where nothing — and no one — is quite what they appear. Prescott brings to her fiction the same meticulous intelligence and psychological acuity that distinguished her celebrated historical writing, crafting characters of genuine depth and moral complexity. The prose is restrained yet evocative, letting dread accumulate in the silences between scenes rather than through melodrama. For readers who appreciate crime fiction with literary weight and atmosphere — where the mystery is as much about human nature as it is about whodunit — this is a novel that will linger long after the final page.