DISCOVER A PAGE-TURNING MURDER MYSTERY SET IN THE IDYLLIC COTSWOLD HILLS. In the thick mist of the Cotswold Valleys an old man is dragged from his grave. The poison in his decaying body sets Detectives Lambert and Hook on a trail long gone cold. Superintendent Lambert feels his blood chill at the sound of the gravedigger’s spade hitting the coffin. He shines his torch through the icy drizzle and reads, EDMUND CRAVEN, AGED 73 YEARS. Thirteen months ago, the old man was thought to have died of natural causes. But when the body is exhumed clear traces of poison are discovered. Over the last six weeks of his life Edmund Craven was systematically administered small doses of arsenic. Meaning one of his nearest and dearest is responsible for his cold-blooded murder. Superintendent Lambert has never had to investigate a murder thirteen months after it was committed. And it’s a career first he could have done without. With all tracks now well covered, he'll have to take several perilous risks to identify the killer. Bring Forth Your Dead is a page-turning police procedural that will have your heart in your mouth. It’s perfect for fans of Betty Rowlands, Agatha Christie, L. J. Ross, Joy Ellis, M.C. Beaton, or Faith Martin. THE DETECTIVES Entering middle age, Superintendent John Lambert has a lifetime of experience under his belt. He may be less spirited than he was in his youth. And more reluctant to leave the peaceful bliss of the garden or the golf course. But his policeman’s instincts are sharp and unshakeable. Detective Sergeant Bert Hook is five years Lambert’s junior, and has the eagerness of a boy. But his ponderous gait and demeanour make him seem the older of the two. His village bobby exterior conceals a shrewd and active brain. THE SETTING Much of the Cotswolds is made up of villages busy with their own concerns. They’re connected by hawthorn-edged lanes and separated by the River Severn, which traces a serpentine route between farmlands, cricket fields, and ancient cathedral cities. There are tracts where the river scarcely moves, passing between valleys filled with mist. There, all manner of things get trapped by the low-hanging boughs of willows. In the city of Gloucester, both the river and the people move faster. It's not a city like London, or even Oxford. But a busy place, where people don’t have much time to study those who pass them in the streets. Not so good for disposing of a body, but perfect for dissolving into a crowd. Lambert and Hook Series Book 1: Murder at the Nineteenth Book 2: Making a Killing Book 3: Dead on Course Book 4: Bring Forth Your Dead Book 5: The Fox in the Forest Book 6: Stranglehold Book 7: Watermarked Book 8: Death of a Nobody Book 9: Accident by Design Book 10: Body Politic Book 11: Girl Gone Missing Book 12: Malice Aforethought Book 13: An Unsuitable Death Book 14: An Academic Death Book 15: Death on the Eleventh Hole