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Dead Letters Kindle Edition
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Words can be deadly…
Harold Grant is in the debt-collecting business with his brother-in-law, and it is fair to say he is not happy.
After suffering bankruptcy, Harold has sunk into a deep pit of depression, and intends to end it all.
He posts three suicide letters.
One to his wife, one to his brother-in-law, and one to a mysterious third party.
The first two letters are so damaging to their recipients, that they dare not show them to the police.
But with no corpse and no apparent suicide letter, the police can only regard Harold as another missing person and the case is closed.
But this leaves Harold’s brother-in-law and wife asking questions.
Who received the third letter?
Where was Harold’s body?
With no help from the police, the brother and sister duo launch their own investigation, thus beginning a strange chain of events, with some startling revelations…
Guaranteed to keep you guessing until the very end and send chills down your spine, Dead Letters is a thrilling murder mystery.
"Murder, conspiracy, secrets....it's got everything!" - Thomas Waugh
John Burke was born in Rye, Sussex, in 1922 and worked in the publishing industry before becoming an author of novels and short stories. He passed away in September 2011.
Harold Grant is in the debt-collecting business with his brother-in-law, and it is fair to say he is not happy.
After suffering bankruptcy, Harold has sunk into a deep pit of depression, and intends to end it all.
He posts three suicide letters.
One to his wife, one to his brother-in-law, and one to a mysterious third party.
The first two letters are so damaging to their recipients, that they dare not show them to the police.
But with no corpse and no apparent suicide letter, the police can only regard Harold as another missing person and the case is closed.
But this leaves Harold’s brother-in-law and wife asking questions.
Who received the third letter?
Where was Harold’s body?
With no help from the police, the brother and sister duo launch their own investigation, thus beginning a strange chain of events, with some startling revelations…
Guaranteed to keep you guessing until the very end and send chills down your spine, Dead Letters is a thrilling murder mystery.
Praise for John Burke
"Murder, conspiracy, secrets....it's got everything!" - Thomas Waugh
John Burke was born in Rye, Sussex, in 1922 and worked in the publishing industry before becoming an author of novels and short stories. He passed away in September 2011.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateSept. 8 2016
- File size2471 KB
Product details
- ASIN : B01LW5DI0G
- Publisher : Lume Books (Sept. 8 2016)
- Language : English
- File size : 2471 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 156 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #351,519 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #3,640 in Private Investigator Mysteries (Books)
- #6,144 in Police Procedurals (Kindle Store)
- #9,991 in Police Procedurals (Books)
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Reviewed in Canada on February 25, 2018
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Didn't finish. It just moved too slow for me and I couldn't get invested in any of the characters. I kept trying, but finally gave up.
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These books are well worth the time to read. Good story, good writing.
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Teresa
Reviewed in France on November 10, 2016Verified Purchase
Unfortunately I cannot tell anyone about this book. I downloaded it and each time I went to open it and read it after about 3 pages - my kindle froze! I then had to re-boot. I thought it was my Kindle but the other books I have open no problem. I am now stuck with this book as I cannot read it and I cannot get rid of it.
Jama S. Conner
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Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2019Verified Purchase
Man gets tired of his life and attempts suicide. Prior to that he nails out 3 letters. Two recipients are identified, but who got the third one? He goes to a little town posing as someone else. Things happen, he does it again!
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Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2021Verified Purchase
This is a very good mystery. There are so many twist and turns that I could barely keep up. The story line and most of the characters were interesting and very so real. Good 👍 job.
Linda Tippit
4.0 out of 5 stars
I enjoyed following along with this story to learn what happened
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2016Verified Purchase
This is a story about a man that wrote 3 letters on the night of his planned suicide. He sent one to his wife and one to his brother-in-law, but we don't know who received the 3rd letter. The first two letters were so damning, that they could not be shown to the police to prove he committed suicide. I enjoyed following along with this story to learn what happened. I really loved to hate Arlene and Norman, but I was on the fence about Veronica. I would recommend this story to anyone that enjoys mysteries.
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Julia Ann Parisi
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Great writing by John Burke
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2016Verified Purchase
Like I've said before I don't usually read books like this. To intense for my liking, but this is the 4th murder/mystery/suspense book all different author's I've read in the last few weeks. John Burke gets you right into the story and all the different characters just come alive. Harold, Judith, her son Peter you can't help but cheer for them. Read this book you won't be disappointed, I sure wasn't.
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