Summer of Ghosts

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The follow up novel to The Last Winter of Dani Lancing, an arresting and original literary crime novel It begins with a father calling his daughter, but whoever answers is not Pia but his daughter's killer. He must listen, horrified, to the sounds of his only child being murdered, powerless to intervene as the killer utters two chilling words.'Beautiful skin.'Most men's thoughts would turn to vengeance but Pia's father is far more resourceful than most. And he is not the reserved businessman his daughter always believed him to be, but Franco, a notorious London drug lord who will call in all his debts to find his daughter's killer. Including the one owed to him by DI Tom Bevans.

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This modern-day revenge tragedy is written in poetic style, yet is laced with grim wit. * Sunday Mirror *
Brilliant! P.D. Viner's writing is audacious, clever and bold. I think he'll go far -- Sophie Hannah
An exciting thriller that is also deeply moving. A hugely impressive debut -- Mark Billingham
Genuinely intriguing -- Laura Wilson * The Guardian *
An entertaining thriller, but also a moving examination of loss, memory and morality * Sunday Mirror *

Author Bio

P.D. Viner is an award winning film-maker and creator of the highly successful SmartPass audio guides. He's married to an American Doctor of Linguistics and, along with their five-year-old daughter, he is her test-subject. He has lived abroad for ten years, working and studying in the USA, New Zealand and Russia, and has been a pretty bad stand-up comedian, produced mime shows for Japanese TV and written theatre for the Shakespeare festival, produced in London and Verona.His first novel The Last Winter of Dani Lancing is now in development with Warner TV, working with the creator of Dirty Pretty Liars and the head writer of Dexter.To find out more visit- www.pdviner.com