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The Distant Dead by Heather Young is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Distant Dead about?
<p><b>NOMINATED FOR THE 2021 EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL</b></p><br> <p><b>A body burns in the desert... Does the boy who found it know more than it seems?</b></p><br> <p>Sal Prentiss, orphaned and burdened with a terrible secret, just wants a place to belong. Sal lives with his uncles on adesolate ranch in the hills, and finds himself at the centre of a brutal murder mystery when he discovers the body of hismaths teacher, charred almost beyond recognition, half a mile from his uncles' compound.<
Who reads The Distant Dead?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Heather Young
- Publisher
- Oldcastle Books, Limited
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780857308146
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, True Crime, Thriller
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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