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The Blood Detective (Paperback)

by Dan Waddell (Author)
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 416 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin (7 Aug 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0141025654
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141025650
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 66,198 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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There's panache aplenty in this intriguing tale. Sharp plotting, elegant writing, engaging characters, a cracking climax. A series is promised. Bring it on! (Reginald Hill )

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As dawn breaks over London, the body of a young man is discovered in a windswept Notting Hill churchyard. The killer has left Detective Chief Inspector Grant Foster and his team a grisly, cryptic clue...However, it's not until the clue is handed to Nigel Barnes, a specialist in compiling family trees, that the full message becomes spine-chillingly clear. For, it leads Barnes back more than one hundred years - to the victim of a demented Victorian serial killer...When a second body is discovered Foster needs Barnes's skills more than ever. Because the murderer's clues appear to run along the tangled bloodlines that lie between 1879 and now. And if Barnes is right about his blood-history, the killing spree has only just begun...From the author of the bestselling "Who Do You Think You Are?" comes a haunting crime novel of blood-stained family histories and gruesome secrets...
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Can't wait for the sequel!, 11 Aug 2008
A brilliant book bursting with new ideas and a high-tension plot that keeps the pages turning right up until the heart-stopping climax. The story weaves seamlessly from a modern day serial killer investigation to the sinister events of more than a century ago. The writer shows a real relish for London old and new, bringing to life the dark and teeming streets of the Victorian city and the dusty but intriguing world of the various libraries, warehouses and depositaries where the past refuses to stay buried. Surprisingly, it's the headlong charge through the outwardly dull-seeming world of genealogical records that proves the most captivating element in the hunt for the killer. There are vivid, atmospheric descriptions of the labyrinthine places where these secrets can be uncovered that make you want to start hunting yourself - although it's far better to do it in the company of Detective Inspector Grant Foster and genealogist Nigel Barnes.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, 7 Aug 2008
Absolutely fantastic, i seriously could not put it down, the plot lines and ties between past and present are consistent and believable, and the thriller element is highly entertaining and indeed thrilling. One small caveat though, there are certain clues which are a bit on the obvious side and you get to a point towards the end where you solve bits before the characters. However the writing is of such high callibre that you are compelled to continue you reading and it is far from boring even if you are a step ahead.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, 8 Aug 2008
By Ian Gunner "avid reader" (Surrey England) - See all my reviews
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This is a great book. A thriller that links the past and the present and has a real Britishness to it. It has a similar feel to Prime Suspect with characters that ring true. Nigel the genealogist is an unlikely but brilliant hero. The linking of the past to the present is effortlessly done taking you on a real journey through the past. Brilliantly written, it passed the couldn't put it down until it was finished test, the mark of a good thriller. Much better than the implausible "conspiracy" thrillers that are all the rage at the moment. Great plot, good characters, well written, read it!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping stuff
A very good read, good plot and accurate genealogical information. Couldn't put it down.
Published 1 month ago by Mr. CJ Patrick

5.0 out of 5 stars A really gripping read
The plot is interesting, atmospheric and educational, switching smoothly between 1879 and the present day. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Helen Simpson

5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant couldnt put it down
I a really enjoyed this book, in fact I couldnt put it down and had to read it from cover to cover in one sitting. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mrs. Hm Drawwater

4.0 out of 5 stars "The years fall away, and the atmosphere of the time rises up from the murk"
A wrongful death sentence from over one hundred years and the grisly murders of five people in central London reverberate throughout the bloody hands of time from 1879 to the... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Michael Leonard

3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good for a first book, but
I was a bit disappointed after reading all the rave reviews. I liked the idea of a string of murders with their roots in the past, but I wanted to tell him to get a subscription... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Fren

5.0 out of 5 stars A classy debut
This is a hugely promising debut. Waddell has taken an original, but potentially dreary, subject - ie. genealogy - and created a rip-snorter of a crime novel. Read more
Published 17 months ago by M. Childe

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly unputdownable!
I thoroughly enjoyed this book even though the blurb on the back wasn't so promising. The characters are great and it is very well written. Read more
Published 17 months ago by A.S.

5.0 out of 5 stars Move over Morse
What a fantastic page turner! I was sceptical about a Claret quaffing detective at first, but it didn't take long to warm to him, and all the other characters in this hugely... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Jonny Charles

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