Phosphate Rocks: A Death in Ten Objects

by Fiona Erskine

Overview

During the demolition of a factory, a shocking discovery is made.
A mummified corpse, encased in a carapace of phosphate rock, is uncovered.
The body is surrounded by ten objects that provide tantalising clues as to its identity.

Phosphate Rocks: A Death in 10 Objects unravels the mystery using a mix of real life anecdote, scientific explanation and a touch of fiction.

Inspired by Primo Levi, in the style of Dan Brown, this is the portrait of a factory in all its complex, glorious, interconnected, messy entirety. A hymn to the forgotten, the unknown and the misunderstood, this is the story of an industry in decline and some of the fine people taken down with it.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940185796283
Publisher:	Snickered Mole
Publication date:	01/22/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Engineer by day, Writer by night.

A professional engineer with decades of international manufacturing experience, Fiona Erskine’s first graduate job was in the factory described in Phosphate Rocks. Born in Edinburgh, Fiona grew up riding motorbikes and jumping into cold water. After studying chemical engineering at university, she learned to weld, cast and machine with apprentices in Paisley. As a professional engineer she has worked and travelled internationally and is now based in the North East of England.

Fiona’s stand-alone portrait of a factory Phosphate Rocks: A Death In Ten Objects, made the Literary Review’s top ten crime novels of 2021 and was first published by Sandstone Press.

Her other books include the Jaq Silver series published by Point Blank, the literary crime imprint of Oneworld: The Chemical Detective (shortlisted for the SPECSAVERS DEBUT CRIME NOVEL AWARD ), The Chemical Reaction (shortlisted for the 2020 STAUNCH Prize), The Chemical Cocktail and The Chemical Code

Her protagonist Jaq Silver blows things up to keep people safe .