Persons Unknown (Manon Bradshaw, Book 2)

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

A brutal murder. A detective with no one left to trust.

[Steiner] solidified the promise of last years debut, Missing, Presumed, with another hyper-realistic police procedural Guardian: Books of the Year 2017
A YOUNG MAN MURDERED
A city banker bleeds to death yards from a Cambridgeshire police headquarters.

A DETECTIVE OUT OF HER DEPTH
DI Manon Bradshaws world is turned upside down when the victim turns out to be closer to her than she could have guessed.

WHO SHOULD SHE BELIEVE
When even her trusted colleagues turn their backs on her, its time to contemplate the unthinkable: are those she holds dear capable of murder

Manon Bradshaw is back.

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'Steiner has a quirky, evocative prose style that is often very funny and her novels are highly entertaining and full of memorable, well-rounded characters' Sunday Express

'Bradshaw is an engaging heroine, full of self-doubt and contradiction, but whose caustic wit gleams through the grim murder inquiry' Daily Mail

'Winning prose, sympathetic characters and an appreciation of lifes joys as keen as a knowledge of its dangers' Wall Street Journal

An ingeniously and extravagantly plotted, multi-voiced thrillride wise and witty beautifully written Irish Times

I loved it Persons Unknown is like walking on quicksand, for reader and detective alike' Val McDermid

'A smart and funny rumination on motherhood' New York Times

'Strikingly modernIt is refreshing to see a detective grappling with real life dilemmas but they never get in the way of the plot, which is clever and original. A series to watch from a confident writer who draws even minor characters with care and sympathy' Sunday Times

By turns tense and tender, gripping and moving, and always beautifully written. I didnt read this book so much as live it: DI Manon Bradshaw is so convincingly human that I often wonder what shes up to now Erin Kelly

The best new crime series in years Sarah Perry

Reviews

[Steiner] solidified the promise of last years debut, Missing, Presumed, with another hyper-realistic police procedural Guardian: Books of the Year 2017

'Steiner has a quirky, evocative prose style that is often very funny and her novels are highly entertaining and full of memorable, well-rounded characters' Sunday Express

'Bradshaw is an engaging heroine, full of self-doubt and contradiction, but whose caustic wit gleams through the grim murder inquiry' Daily Mail

'Winning prose, sympathetic characters and an appreciation of lifes joys as keen as a knowledge of its dangers' Wall Street Journal

An ingeniously and extravagantly plotted, multi-voiced thrillride wise and witty beautifully written Irish Times

I loved it Persons Unknown is like walking on quicksand, for reader and detective alike' Val McDermid

'A smart and funny rumination on motherhood' New York Times

'Strikingly modernIt is refreshing to see a detective grappling with real life dilemmas but they never get in the way of the plot, which is clever and original. A series to watch from a confident writer who draws even minor characters with care and sympathy' Sunday Times

Susie Steiner goes from strength to strength: Persons Unknown is by turns tense and tender, gripping and moving, and always beautifully written. I didnt read this book so much as live it: DI Manon Bradshaw is so convincingly human that I often wonder what shes up to now Erin Kelly

The best new crime series in years Sarah Perry

Superb storytelling a joy to read. I am hooked on Manon Bradshaw Rene Knight

Stylish, literary fiction at its very best Peter James

Author Bio

Susie Steiner began her writing career as a news reporter first on local papers, then on the Evening Standard, the Daily Telegraph and The Times. In 2001 she joined the Guardian, where she worked as a commissioning editor for 11 years. Her first novel, Homecoming described as 'truly exceptional' by the Observer was published by Faber & Faber in 2013. She lives in London with her husband and two children.