Detective Inspector Jo Shaw is determined to prove she's fit for work after an injury that almost killed her, but a new case brings her up against people who will do anything to preserve their own interests, putting Jo-and those closest to her-directly in the line of fire.
Detective Inspector Jo Shaw is determined to prove she's fit for work after an injury that almost killed her, but a new case brings her up against people who will do anything to preserve their own interests, putting Jo-and those closest to her-directly in the line of fire.
Detective Inspector Jo Shaw is bored, desk-bound, and absolutely not supposed to answer the phone call that sends her to a body in an empty house. Thrown in at the deep end after an injury that almost killed her, she's determined to prove she's fit to work. And while a case full of unclear motives and multiple suspects isn't quite what the doctor ordered, being back in a relationship with her favourite doctor certainly won't hurt.
When the investigation takes a chilling turn and the Serious Crime Team struggles to connect the dots, Jo asks Isla Munro to help her follow the slenderest of leads. It's a lead that will take her away from Moorside's deprived streets and into the lives of the rich and privileged. But these people will do anything to preserve their own interests, and Jo is putting herself--and those closest to her--directly in their line of fire.
Cari Hunter lives in the northwest of England with her wife, their cat, and a field full of sheep. She works full-time as a paramedic and dreams up stories in her spare time. Cari enjoys long windswept muddy walks in her beloved Peak District. In the summer she can usually be found sitting in the garden with her feet up, scribbling in her writing pad. Although she doesn't like to boast, she will admit that she makes a very fine bakewell tart. Her first novel, Snowbound, received an Alice B Lavender Certificate for outstanding debut. No Good Reason, the first in the Dark Peak series, won a 2015 Rainbow Award for Best Mystery and was a finalist in the 2016 Lambda Literary Awards. Its sequel, Cold to the Touch, won a Goldie and a Rainbow Award for Best Mystery. A Quiet Death, the final book in the series, was shortlisted for the 2018 Lambda Literary Awards and won the 2017 Rainbow Award for Best Mystery. Cari can be contacted at:
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