Dead to me / Cath Staincliffe.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Minotaur Books, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: First U.S. EditionDescription: 392 pages ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1250038545 (hbk.)
- 9781250038548 (hbk.)
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Main Library | Mystery | Staincli Cath | SB 1 | Available | 33111007498161 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A riveting, sharply observed and thoroughly modern police procedural, Dead to Me features a stellar but unlikely female detective team.
Detective Constable Janet Scott is subtle and reliable, a diplomatic thinker with a wry sense of humor. She's put in the time and seen it all, but has no desire for the boss's job--she loves her own too much. Rachel Bailey couldn't be more different--she's energetic, impulsive, and ambitious, and has just been transferred to the Manchester murder squad. Their commander thinks Rachel's intuition could make her a great cop, but has reservations about her shoot-first-think-later approach, so she partners her with Janet. At first, the match seems to have been made somewhere considerably lower than heaven, but when a teenage girl is found brutally murdered, stabbed to death in her squalid flat on a North Manchester housing estate, both detectives realize they must work together to stop a vicious killer. But the case quickly becomes more complicated than it seems, fraught with dangers neither woman could see coming. Eager to make her mark, Rachel's reckless pursuit of the truth could threaten her future on the squad. And an unexpected turn in the investigation forces Janet to face personal demons. No matter the cost, both must race to stop a vicious killer before it's too late in this riveting novel from award-winning author Cath Staincliffe.
"It's always exciting to see a writer get better and better, and Cath Staincliffe is doing just that." --Val McDermid
"A Thomas Dunne book."
"First published in Great Britain by Corgi Books."
"The Manchester Murder Investigation Team (MIT) is baffled by the stabbing death of Lisa Finn, a troubled teen who spent most of her youth in group homes. Young and ambitious DC Rachel Bailey is partnered with Janet Scott, a more seasoned detective (much to their consternation), and their leader is gorgeous and brilliant DCI Gill Murray ... Combining their expertise with their intuition, Bailey and Scott chase down suspects (boyfriend, social worker, and beyond) while Murray guides their way."-- Library Journal.
Forced to work together, two female detectives -- Janet Scott, tormented by personal demons, and Rachel Bailey, who is determined to make a name for herself -- on the Murder Investigation Team in Manchester, England, must find the person responsible for stabbing a teenage girl to death.