Sharp Scratch: The pulse-racing psychological thriller

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Six candidates. One job. A killer prepared to murder their way to the top.

Salford, 1983. Lorraine Quick is a single mum, a member of a band goingnowhere fast and Personnel Officer at Salford's grim Memorial Hospital. A newGeneral Manager position is being introduced, someone to steer the institutiontowards Margaret Thatcher's lofty vision for the NHS.
The hospital's top brass are all vying for this new role and Lorraine will bepivotal in selecting the successful candidate, thanks to her recent training inpsychometric testing. A deliberate substitution of a flu vaccine for a lethal doseof anaesthetic reveals a killer is at work. Lorraine's suspicions turn towards thetop brass vying for the new role - could the personality tests lead her to thekiller

Sharp Scratch takes readers behind the scenes of a sprawling hospital, to the places the public does not see and would not want to, whereclashes between politics and personalities can be fatal.

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Martine Bailey studied English Literature while playing in bands on theManchester music scene. She qualified in psychometric testing and over hercareer, assessed staff for Ashworth top security psychiatric hospital and dealtwith cases of sexual abuse and violence. Having written historical crime fiction,Martine's writing has jumped to a modern setting. She lives in Chester, UK.