''Fizzes with life'' - STUART TURTON, Costa First Novel Award winner

''Fresh, inventive and funny'' - MW CRAVEN, CWA Gold Dagger Award winner

''A thrilling ride with dark humour, action and a touching side that''s hard to forget'' SUN five stars (book of the week)

DYING IS HELL . . SOLVING YOUR OWN MURDER IS PURGATORY

When Detective Inspector Joe Lazarus storms a Lincolnshire farmhouse, he expects to bring down a notorious drug gang; instead, he discovers his own dead body and a spirit guide called Daisy-May.

She''s there to enlist him to the Dying Squad, a spectral police force made up of the recently deceasedJoe soon realises there are fates far worse than death. To escape being stuck in purgatory, he must solve his own murder. A task made all the more impossible when his memories start to fade.

Reluctantly partnering with Daisy-May, Joe faces dangers from both the living and the dead in the quest to find his killer - before they kill again.

Recruits are loving THE DYING SQUAD:

''Whip-smart, fresh with a dash of dark humour, The Dying Squad is a wildly entertaining readHighly recommended'' - ADAM HAMDY, Sunday Times bestselling author

''Adam has crafted something unique with The Dying Squad, mashing fantasy and crime together in a way I''ve not seen before . . . I''m sure it will be a huge success'' - JAMES OSWALD, author of the Sunday Times bestselling Inspector McLean series

''Superbly plotted and packs an emotional heft rarely seen in a debut'' - MW CRAVEN, CWA Gold Dagger Award winner

''Funny, creepy and compelling'' - ANNA STEPHENS, acclaimed author of Godblind

''Grim, wry and inventive, a twisting tale with both guts and heartNever has Lincolnshire seemed more desolate, or more menacing'' - DAVID WRAGG, The Black Hawks

Format Inbunden Omfång 368 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Orion Publishing Co Utgivningsdatum 2021-07-22 ISBN 9781473230743