Boy in the Well
On sale
30th May 2019
Price: £19.99
Book 2 in the DI Westphall series.
‘The Boy in the Well is a dark and satisfying mystery. I thoroughly enjoyed my time in the company of DI Ben Westphall, a compelling personality . . . This one comes thoroughly recommended’ James Oswald
The body of a young boy is discovered at the bottom of a well that has been sealed for two hundred years.
Yet the corpse is only days old . . .
Soon, similarities from an old crime emerge and DI Ben Westphall must look to the past to piece together the dark and twisted events taking place in the present.
(P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
‘The Boy in the Well is a dark and satisfying mystery. I thoroughly enjoyed my time in the company of DI Ben Westphall, a compelling personality . . . This one comes thoroughly recommended’ James Oswald
The body of a young boy is discovered at the bottom of a well that has been sealed for two hundred years.
Yet the corpse is only days old . . .
Soon, similarities from an old crime emerge and DI Ben Westphall must look to the past to piece together the dark and twisted events taking place in the present.
(P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
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Reviews
Praise for Douglas Lindsay and the DI Westphall series
Boy in the Well is a dark and satisfying mystery. I thoroughly enjoyed my time in the company of DI Ben Westphall, a compelling personality. I look forward to his next instalment. This one comes thoroughly recommended
A Tartan Noir tour de force. Lindsay writes with an economy and skill all too rare in modern fiction . . . Brilliant
Richly atmospheric . . . Lindsay solidifies his place as one of the rising stars of tartan noir
Lindsay blends the past and present with eerie, supernatural undertones, building a mysterious puzzle that you have to unravel
Lindsay has crafted a chilling, well-paced thriller that spans a range of time periods with a case of deeply disturbing characters, all set against a dramatic Highlands backdrop.
