Dead Beat

'This is crime writing of the very highest order ... Kate Brannigan has turned into the most interesting sleuthess around' The TimesDead Beat introduces Kate Brannigan, a female private detective who does for Manchester what V.I. Warshawski has done for Chicago.As a favour, Kate agrees to track down a missing songwriter, Moira Pollock, a search that takes her into some of the seediest parts of Leeds and Bradford. But little does she realize that finding Moira is a prelude to murder...

The stunning first novel in the Kate Brannigan series, from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Val McDermid.

'This is crime writing of the very highest order' The Times

Auteur

Val McDermid