The Funeral Owl - Philip Dryden, Bk 7 Author:Jim Kelly When a reader contacts local newspaper The Crow to report a rare sighting of the Boreal or so-called 'Funeral' owl, the paper's editor Philip Dryden has a sense of foreboding. For the Funeral Owl is said to be an omen of death. — It's already proving to be one of the most eventful weeks in The Crow's history. The body of a Chi... more »nese man has been discovered hanging from a cross in a churchyard in Brimstone Hill in the West Fens. The inquest into the deaths of two tramps found in a flooded ditch has unearthed some shocking findings. A series of metal thefts is plaguing the area. And PC Stokely Powell has requested Dryden's help in solving a ten-year-old cold case: a series of violent art thefts culminating in a horrifying murder.
As Dryden investigates, he uncovers some curious links between the seemingly unrelated cases: it would appear the sighting of the Funeral Owl is proving prophetic in more ways than one.« less
ISBN-13: 9781780290492 ISBN-10: 1780290497 Publication Date: 12/1/2013 Pages:256 Edition:First World Publicat Rating: