The Grave Tattoo (2006) (edit title/settings)

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• Jane Gresham: Specialises in study of William Wordsworth. Works as a teaching assistant in University and subsidises her income working as a bar person/waitressat The Viking Bar & Grill. Lives in Marshpool Estate and has befriended Tenille who lives near her.
• Dan Seabourne: Colleague and friend of Jane. His boyfriend is Harry Lambton.
• Jake Hartnell: Jane's ex boyfriend. Involved with Caroline Kerr.
• Matthew Gresham: Jane's slightly bitter brother. He is Headmaster at a local school. Married to Diane with a son called Gabriel.
• Jimmy Clewlow: Old school friend of Jane and descendent of Dorcas Mason. Jimmy is a musician who, like Jane, moved away from the Lakes.
• Ewan Rigston: DCI Rigston handles the body in the bog until it is confirmed that the body is over 200 years old.
• Caroline Kerr: A ruthless dealer in antiquities. Is prepared to illegally export items. She is having an affair with Jake Hartnell and hopes to use him to get information and documents from Jane.
• Sharon Cole: Tenille's Aunt and Guardian
• Dorcas Mason: Worked as a maid for the Wordsworths in Dove Cottage. Married Arnold Clewlow.
• Judy: Jane's mother
• Donna Blair: DI investigating the murder of Geno.
• Fletcher Christian: Fletcher Christian was on the Bounty and was instrumental in the mutiny that unfolded.
• Alice: Descendent of Dorcas Mason
• Anthony Catto: Curator of the Wordsworth museum and friend of Jane.
• Geno Marley: Sharon's boyfriend who is more interested in Tenille.
• Bligh: Captain of the Bounty
• Harry Lambton: Manager of The Viking Bar and Grill and friend of Jane. His boyfriend is Dan Seabourne.
• Sam Clewlow: One of Matthew Gresham's pupils who is doing his family tree as a school project.
• Allan Gresham: Jane's Father
• Jenny Wright: Add a description of this character.
• John Hampton: AKA The Hammer. Top gangster on the Marshpool Estate. Rumoured to be Tenille's Father.
• Edith Clewlow: Descendent of Dorcas Mason.
• Noreen Gallagher: Jane's neighbour.
• Tillie Swain: Descendent of Dorcas Mason.
• Barbara Field: Member of Fellhead WI. Helps Jane with research into Dorcas Mason.
• Gabriel Gresham: Matthew & Diane's son.
• Diane Gresham: Married to Matthew Gresham. Mother of Gabriel. Nee Brotherton.
• Isabella
• Jonathan
• Dr River Wilde: Forens.ic Anthropologist working on the Bog Body
• Letty Brownrigg: Descendent of Dorcas Mason.
• Peter Heywood: One of the mutineers from the Bounty. He returned home 7 was pardoned due to his family connections.
• Eddie Fairfield: Descendent of Dorcas Mason.
• William Wordsworth: Poet and famous resident of Dove Cottage in the Lake District.
• Gibson
• Tenille Cole: Jane's 13 year old neighbour.
• Prof. Donald Percival: Dr Wilde's head of department.
• Mary Wordsworth: William's wife
• Prof. Maggie Elliot: Jane's head of department.
• Edward Christian: Fletcher's brother
• Arnold Clewlow: Married Dorcas Mason.

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• London
• Fellhead: Place in the Lake District that Jane comes from.
• Keswick
• Pitcairn: Pitcairn island which is where the mutineers on the Bounty settled
• England
• Dove Cottage: William Wordsworth's cottage in the Lake District
• Lakeland
• Bounty: The ship.
• Grasmere
• Crete
• South Seas
• Tahiti
• Cumbria
• Ambleside
• Coniston
• Lakes
• Copperhead Cottage
• Pacific

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Val McDermid (Author)

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Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 823.914

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Literature & Fiction › Mystery
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Authors, A-Z › ( M ) › McDermid, Val
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery › Women Sleuths