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A 200 year-old-secret is now a matter of life and death. And it could be worth a fortune. It's summer in the Lake District and torrential rain has uncovered a bizarrely tattooed body on a hillside. Could it be linked to centuries-old rumours that surround Fletcher Christian, mutinous First Mate on the ill-fated Bounty, a legendary massacre on the strange island of Pitcairn, and Christian's possible return to England? Jane Gresham wants to know. An expert on Wordsworth, she has a theory that the Lakeland poet, a childhood friend of Christian's, had harboured the fugitive and turned his tale into an epic poem - which has since stayed hidden. But as she follows each lead, death is hard on her heels. The 200-year-old mystery is putting lives at risk. And it isn't just the truth that is waiting to be discovered, but a bounty worth millions of pounds...
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The Grave Tattoo, Val McDermid
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- Released
- 2007
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- Title
- The Grave Tattoo
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Val McDermid
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Released
- 2007
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 546
- ISBN10
- 0007825528
- ISBN13
- 9780007825523
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Thriller, Friendship, Suspense, Murders, Detective Fiction, England, Betrayal, Family secrets, Fire, Scottish Literature
- First published
- 2006
- Original title
- The Grave Tattoo
- Rating
- 3.45 out of 5
- Description
- A 200 year-old-secret is now a matter of life and death. And it could be worth a fortune. It's summer in the Lake District and torrential rain has uncovered a bizarrely tattooed body on a hillside. Could it be linked to centuries-old rumours that surround Fletcher Christian, mutinous First Mate on the ill-fated Bounty, a legendary massacre on the strange island of Pitcairn, and Christian's possible return to England? Jane Gresham wants to know. An expert on Wordsworth, she has a theory that the Lakeland poet, a childhood friend of Christian's, had harboured the fugitive and turned his tale into an epic poem - which has since stayed hidden. But as she follows each lead, death is hard on her heels. The 200-year-old mystery is putting lives at risk. And it isn't just the truth that is waiting to be discovered, but a bounty worth millions of pounds...