The Burying Ground

David Mark

Aug 2020 · Canongate Books

About this ebook

'Mark is a wonderfully descriptive writer' Peter James Cumbria, 1967. Grieving the loss of her son, Cordelia Hemlock is in the village graveyard when lightning strikes a tomb, giving her a glimpse of a fresh corpse that doesn’t belong among the crumbling bones. But when the body vanishes, the authorities refuse to believe her, a relative newcomer to rural and ancient Upper Denton. Cordelia persuades Felicity, her new friend from the village and the only other person to have seen the corpse, to join her unofficial investigation. But the other villagers don’t take kindly to their interference. There are those who believe the village’s secrets should remain buried . . . whatever the cost.

Ratings and reviews

As the story progresses things get darker and darker, secrets are revealed but are the answers the right ones? I continued totally gripped to the very end and I think anyone who likes a good murder mystery will have the same reaction. David Mark is an exceptional writer, not least because the women he writes about are real, three dimensional characters and totally believable. This is the first book of his that I have read but it definitely won't be the last. Very, very highly recommended.

About the author

David Mark was a journalist for fifteen years and now writes fiction full-time. The first novel in his DS McAvoy series, Dark Winter, was chosen for the Harrogate New Blood panel (where he was the Reader in Residence), selected for the Richard & Judy Book Club, and was a Sunday Times bestseller. Dead Pretty was longlisted for the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger in 2016. @davidmarkwriter | davidmarkwriter.co.uk