THE CHEMISTRY OF DEATH—Simon Beckett—Another good mystery/suspense novel which really should be read before Written in Bone due to character development, etc. Set in a lonely isolated Scottish community, Dr. David Hunter has taken a position of G.P. Away from the city life and previous life as a forensic anthropologist following the death of his wife and daughter. There odd and mysterious deaths begin occurring and the police engage Dr. Hunter to help solve the murders, women who are kidnapped but not killed for several days following. Dr. Hunter's becoming very good friend, Jenny, is one of those kidnapped compelling a far greater intrusion into the resolution than he'd wished. Surprises await the reader near to the end in this first novel of Simon Beckett...and one in which Beckett finds his 'voice' close to that of Dick Francis.