The scent of death / Simon Beckett.

It has been a good summer for forensics expert Dr David Hunter... but not for long. The call comes from an old associate: a body has been found, and she'd like Hunter to take a look. St Jude's Hospital now stands empty. The vast, oppressive building's only visitors have been society's outcasts, addicts and dealers. And it's here that a partially mummified body of a young, pregnant has been discovered in the hospital's cavernous loft. As the remains are removed for closer examination, a floor collapses revealing a previously sealed off part of a ward. Bricked up inside this hidden chamber are three beds. Two of them are occupied. For David Hunter, what began as a challenging if straightforward case is about to become a twisted nightmare threatening him and those around him.