# A Deadly Thaw

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- Book: [A Deadly Thaw](https://www.bookquiver.com/sarah-ward/a-deadly-thaw) ([A Deadly Thaw.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/sarah-ward/a-deadly-thaw.md))
- Authors: [Sarah Ward](https://www.bookquiver.com/sarah-ward)
- Publisher: Faber AND Faber
- ISBN: 978-05-7132-104-9
- Pages: 384
- Published: 2017-02-02
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Autumn 2004In Bampton, Derbyshire, Lena Fisher is arrested for suffocating her husband, Andrew. Spring 2016A year after Lena’s release from prison, Andrew is found dead in a disused mortuary. Who was the man Lena killed twelve years ago, and who committed the second murder? When Lena disappears, her sister, Kat, sets out to follow a trail of clues delivered by a mysterious teenage boy. Kat must uncover the truth – before there’s another death . . . A Deadly Thaw confirms Sarah Ward’s place as one of the most exciting new crime writers.