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In A Dry Season

By: Publication details: United Kingdom; Pan Macmillan; 2014Edition: New editionDescription: 502 Pages; PaperbackISBN:
  • 9781447225539
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823.92
Summary: Past crimes, present evil. During a blistering summer, drought has depleted Thornfield Reservoir, uncovering the remains of a small village called Hobb's End - hidden from view for over 40 years. For a curious young boy this resurfaced hamlet is a magical playground ...until he unearths a human skeleton. Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks is given the impossible task of identifying the victim - a woman who lived in a place that no longer exists, whose former residents are scattered to the winds. Anyone else might throw in the towel but Banks is determined to uncover the murky past buried beneath a flood of time ...
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Karachi Crime 823.92 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Withdrawn Not For Loan Book Bazaar PKLC013047
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Lahore Crime 823.92 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLC010659
Total holds: 0

Past crimes, present evil. During a blistering summer, drought has depleted Thornfield Reservoir, uncovering the remains of a small village called Hobb's End - hidden from view for over 40 years. For a curious young boy this resurfaced hamlet is a magical playground ...until he unearths a human skeleton. Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks is given the impossible task of identifying the victim - a woman who lived in a place that no longer exists, whose former residents are scattered to the winds. Anyone else might throw in the towel but Banks is determined to uncover the murky past buried beneath a flood of time ...

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