The Happier Dead

by Ivo Stourton

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The Great Spa sits on the edge of London, a structure visible from space. The power of Britain on the world stage rests in its monopoly on "The Treatment," a medical procedure which transforms the richest and most powerful into a state of permanent physical youth. The Great Spa is the place where the newly young immortals go to revitalise their aged souls. In this most secure of facilities, a murder of one of the guests threatens to destabilise the new order, and DCI Oates of the Metropolitan police is called in to investigate. In a single day, Oates must unravel the secrets behind the Treatment and the long-ago disappearance of its creator, passing through a London riven with disorder and corruption. As a night of widespread rioting takes hold of the city, he moves towards a climax which could lead to the destruction of the Great Spa, his own ruin, and the loss of everything he holds most dear.
  • ISBN10 1781081832
  • ISBN13 9781781081839
  • Publish Date 26 February 2014 (first published 25 February 2014)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 22 January 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Solaris
  • Format Paperback (US Mass Market)
  • Pages 320
  • Language English