Crack Down (PI Kate Brannigan, Book 3)

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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 hes behind bars and shes 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.

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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 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.