Sharp Scratch: The pulse-racing psychological thriller

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Five candidates. One job. A killer prepared to murder their way to the top.
Salford, 1983. Lorraine Quick is a single mother, a member of a band goingnow here fast, and personnel officer at the grim Memorial Hospital.A new general manager position is being introduced, and Lorraine's recenttraining in the cutting-edge science of psychometric testing will be pivotal. Asthe profiles start to emerge, a chilling light is cast on the candidates.When a lethal dose of anaesthetic is deliberately substituted for a flu vaccine,and a second suspicious death quickly follow s, it's clear a killer is at work in thehospital. Can Lorraine's personality tests lead her to the murderer

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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 a top security psychiatric hospital and dealt withcases of sexual abuse and violence. Having written historical crime fiction,Bailey's writing has jumped to a modern setting. She lives in Chester.