How the Dead Live

When a woman disappears and her husband seems reluctant to find her, the case filters down to the Department of Unexplained Deaths, where one cop takes the case and finds himself on London's seamy South Side

HOW THE DEAD LIVE

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Derek, Raymond

Mystery

Ballantine Books

A detective sergeant in the Department of Unexplained Deaths investigates the brutal murder of an alcoholic bum in a sleazy section of London and uncovers the victim's strange legacy, as well as a vicious killer

He Died With His Eyes Open

Literature & Fiction

Literary

The Devil's Home on Leave

When a detective from the Department of Unexplained Deaths investigates a brutal murder, he finds that some influential people are involved

One of the most shocking crime novels of all time In what may be Derek Raymond’s most talked-about novel—indeed, in what may be one of the most talked about crime novels ever—the reader is immediately plunged into the horrific mind of one of the most brutally damaged and murderous killers the unnamed Sergeant has ever faced. But why the gentle Dora Suarez was murdered at all becomes the Sergeant’s obsession. As it turns out, she was already dying of AIDS. So why kill her?As the shocking details pile up, the fourth book in the series becomes a riveting and moving study of vile human exploitation and institutional corruption, and the valiant effort to persist against it.

I Was Dora Suarez (Abacus Books)

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The Devil's Home on Leave (Abacus Books)

The Devil's home on leave

Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd.

He Died with His Eyes Open

Time Warner Paperbacks*

A man’s corpse is discovered in a London warehouse, bundled into five shopping bags. Our nameless narrator from the Unexplained Deaths division of the Met is put on the case. As he probes a world of horror in South London, a terrible secret from his own past emerges, and he uncovers much more than the murderer. Derek Raymond is the father of British noir and much admired by a new generation of crime writers. He died in 1994.

I Was Dora Suarez

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