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PUBLISHER: Canongate Books

FORMAT: Paperback

ISBN: 9781847672568

RRP: £7.99

PAGES: 400

PUBLICATION DATE:
February 3, 2011

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Naming the Bones

Louise Welsh

Some secrets are best left buried …Knee-deep in the mud of an ancient burial ground, a winter storm raging around him, and at least one person intent on his death: how did Murray Watson end up here?

Reviews of Naming the Bones

'Masterful…It is the most rounded of Welsh's books to date, fulfilling the huge promise of her earlier work, combining a whip-cracking plot with a literary touch that lifts her way above her genre colleagues…so much more than another literary mystery.' The Times

Louise Welsh

Louise Welsh is the bestselling author of The Cutting Room, Tamburlaine Must Die and The Bullet Trick. She was chosen as one of Britain’s Best First Novelists of 2002 by the Guardian. Her awards include the Crime Writers’ Association Creasey Dagger and the Saltire First Book Award. She lives in Glasgow.

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