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Book Summary and Reviews of Sorrow Bound by David Mark

Sorrow Bound by David Mark

Sorrow Bound

Detective Sergeant McAvoy Novel

by David Mark

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  • Jul 2014, 352 pages
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It's a sweltering summer in Hull, gray storm clouds gather ominously over this small English city, yet refuse to break. Detective Sergeant Aector McAvoy and the rest of the Serious and Organized Crime Unit are being pushed to the brink by the local drug trade as a sadistic new boss takes over and violent crime escalates. But it's not long before McAvoy and DS Trish Pharaoh are distracted by something deadlier: a serial murderer with a taste for the grisly and macabre.

McAvoy comes to suspect these are actually copycat murders, committed as revenge for mishandled police investigations conducted years ago. But when one of McAvoy's fellow police officers is blackmailed by the local drug kingpin, McAvoy's life?and that of his wife, Roisin, and of the couple's two young children?is suddenly in fearful jeopardy.

The third installment in David Mark's critically acclaimed series, Sorrow Bound brings us deeper into Aector McAvoy's dark, suspenseful world. As the vicious monster lurking in the shadows creep closer and closer to home, our imposing, stoic hero must figure out a way to protect his family at all costs.

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"Starred Review. Well-fleshed out supporting characters round out the cast. Readers should be prepared for graphic descriptions of gruesome crimes." - Publishers Weekly

"Starred Review. Each McAvoy novel has been dark, but Sorrow Bound goes beyond dark to near-apocalyptic. Mark pulls it off, though, and fans of the giant Scottish detective will lose sleep reading this one." - Booklist

"Mark is particularly skilled at brief, effective characterization and at establishing an ominous, suspense-ridden setting in which his hero must struggle to reconcile his concept of justice and his admirable integrity with the evil that men do. " - Library Journal

"Compelling characters and a knotty mystery make the third from Mark (Original Skin, 2013, etc.) stand out from other procedurals." - Kirkus Reviews

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David Mark Author Biography

David Mark spent seven years as crime reporter for the Yorkshire Post and now writes full-time. The first novel in his DS McAvoy series, Dark Winter, was selected for the Harrogate New Blood panel (where he was Reader in Residence) and was a Richard & Judy pick and a Sunday Times bestseller. Dead Pretty was longlisted for the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger in 2016. He lives in Northumberland with his family.

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