Dead Man Driving

A Health of Strangers thriller

Lesley Kelly author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Sandstone Press Ltd

Published:20th Jul '23

Should be back in stock very soon

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'Laced with dark humour...there's a mesmeric quality to Kelly's writing' - Edinburgh Evening News.

Two years into a devastating flu pandemic, food shortages are critical. The streets are full of angry protestors objecting to the government’s proposed rationing.

When a lorry of luxurious food meant for the Scottish Virus Minister's banquet goes missing amidst a controversial 'consumable purchase restriction', the Health Enforcement Team are tasked with tracking it down.

When Bernard and Maitland from HET find the lorry, what they're expecting to unveil is a treasure trove of coveted sustenance and sumptuous delicacies, exactly what the government are depriving the rest of the population of.

What they're not expecting is a dead body.

Entangled in a whole new mystery, the team find themselves drawn into the thick of a government cover up, and tugging at the threads of a global conspiracy.

Tensions rising throughout the city and the nation, the stakes have never been higher.

Dead Man Driving by Lesley Kelly is the latest thriller in the Health of Strangers series.

‘Really entertaining mystery series set in an alternative Edinburgh where a virus is rampant. Investigative team of quirky outsiders means it stands comparison with Mick Herron’s Slough House.’ - Ian Rankin


'Laced with dark humour and a sense that the unfolding fiction could become a reality at any moment, there's a mesmeric quality to Kelly's writing that ensures this book, like its predecessor, is a real page turner; with the exception of a few hours sleep, I read it from cover to cover over a weekend - seldom does a book have that draw.' - Liam Rudden, Edinburgh Evening News

ISBN: 9781914518362

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 289g

304 pages