The third stunning thriller in the Kate Brannigan series, from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Val McDermid.

'This is crime writing of the very highest order' The Times

Manchester-based private eye Kate Brannigan thought it would be safe to let her boyfriend help out with her investigation. But now he's behind bars and she's been left caring for his eight-year-old son.

Soon Kate finds herself drawn into the world of drug traffickers, child pornographers, and violent gangland enforcers - bringing her face to face with death in the most terrifying investigation of her career.

About the Author

Val McDermid is a No.1 bestseller whose novels have been translated into more than thirty languages, and have sold more than sixteen million copies. She has won many awards internationally, including the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year and the LA Times Book of the Year Award. She was inducted into the ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards Hall of Fame in 2009, was the recipient of the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2010 and received the Lambda Literary Foundation Pioneer Award in 2011. In 2016, Val received the Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction Award at the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival. In 2017, she received the DIVA Literary Prize for Crime and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. She is also the patron of the Scottish Book Trust. Val writes full time and lives in Edinburgh and the East Neuk of Fife.

Reviews

'Tough, funny and intensely topical. McDermid stands out as one of the few contemporary writers actually nourished by the here and now'
Literary Review

'Fast, fluently told story: Kate is as tough as Warshawski but less hung up on political correctness'
Daily Mail

'Kate Brannigan is wonderful'
Frances Fyfield

Praise for Val McDermid:

'No one rivals Val McDermid's skill at writing truly terrifying thrillers' Good Housekeeping

'The real mistress of psychological gripping thrillers' Daily Express

'McDermid's capacity to enter the warped mind of a deviant criminal is shiveringly convincing' The Times

'Val McDermid is undoubtedly the queen of British crime' Observer

'McDermid's expertly juggled plotlines and masterful handling of pace and tension tick all the best boxes' Guardian

'The queen of crime is still at the top of her game' Independent

'One of today's most accomplished crime writers' Literary Review

'Her writing is never less than excellent' Crime Time

Book Information
ISBN 9780008344917
Author Val McDermid
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint HarperCollins
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Weight(grams) 240g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 22mm