Why read Fell of Dark?

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'One of Britain's most consistently excellent crime novelists' Marcel Berlins, The Times

A friendship renewed; a marriage going sour; Harry Bentick heads for the Lake District not knowing if he's going in search of something or running away.

Then two girls are found murdered in the high fells,…

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1 author picked Fell of Dark as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Simon Wood

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I love a “Man on the Run” book. Books like The 39 Steps, Odd Man Out, and The Running Man are stories I truly love. There's something exciting about a chase book because the hero has to be resourceful and resilient, and that’s what we have here.

Harry has to prove his innocence. The other aspect of a chase story is all the odd characters a hero on the run has to turn to for help when there is no one else to turn to, even if they can't be trusted, but Harry has to put his faith in them…

From Simon's list on The best books with out-of-their-depth heroes.