The family remains / Lisa Jewell.
By: Jewell, Lisa.
Series: Jewell, Lisa. Family upstairs: 2.Publisher: Leicester : Ulverscroft, Isis, 2023Description: 432 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781399125529.Subject(s): Mansions -- England -- London -- Fiction | Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction | Cold cases (Criminal investigation) -- Fiction | Missing persons -- Investigation -- Fiction | Orphans -- Fiction | Families -- England -- London -- Fiction | Chelsea (London, England) -- FictionGenre/Form: Detective and mystery fiction. | Large type books.Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: One June morning, on the bank of the River Thames, a black bin bag full of bones is discovered by mud-larkers. DI Samuel Owusu is called to the scene and quickly sends the bag for forensic examination. The skeletal remains are those of a young woman, killed by a blow to the head many years ago. Also inside the bag is dead summer blossom from the Persian silk tree - a rarity in London. It leads DCI Owusu back to a mansion in Chelsea where, many years ago, three people lay dead in a kitchen, and a baby waited upstairs for someone to pick her up. The clues point forward, too - to a brother and sister in Chicago, searching for the only person who can make sense of their pasts. Four deaths. An unsolved mystery. A family whose secrets can't stay buried for ever...| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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One June morning, on the bank of the River Thames, a black bin bag full of bones is discovered by mud-larkers. DI Samuel Owusu is called to the scene and quickly sends the bag for forensic examination. The skeletal remains are those of a young woman, killed by a blow to the head many years ago. Also inside the bag is dead summer blossom from the Persian silk tree - a rarity in London. It leads DCI Owusu back to a mansion in Chelsea where, many years ago, three people lay dead in a kitchen, and a baby waited upstairs for someone to pick her up. The clues point forward, too - to a brother and sister in Chicago, searching for the only person who can make sense of their pasts. Four deaths. An unsolved mystery. A family whose secrets can't stay buried for ever...
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