Dead Beat (PI Kate Brannigan, Book 1)

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

This is crime writing of the very highest order The Times
Introducing Kate Brannigan, Manchesters most-loved private detective a woman who wont take no for an answer.

As a favour, Kate agrees to track down a missing songwriter, Moria Pollock. It was supposed to be a nice simple case, but the search soon leads Kate into the dark underworld of Leeds, Manchester and Bradford and finally to a shocking confrontation with a killer

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Solid pleasure this moves along with the speed of a Porsche, so smooth you can almost kid yourself you havent been sitting on the edge of your seat throughout
Mail on Sunday

Zippy action, a well-crafted plot and some refreshingly gritty northern truths
The Times

Praise for Val McDermid:

'No one rivals Val McDermids 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

'McDermids 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 todays most accomplished crime writers Literary Review

Her writing is never less than excellent Crime Time

Author Bio

Val McDermid grew up in a Scottish mining community then read English at Oxford. She was a journalist for sixteen years, spending the last three as Northern Bureau Chief of a national Sunday tabloid. She divides her time between Northumberland and Cheshire.