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

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

A YOUNG MAN MURDEREDA city banker bleeds to death yards from a Cambridgeshire police headquarters.

A DETECTIVE OUT OF HER DEPTHDI Manon Bradshaw’s 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, it’s time to contemplate the unthinkable: are those she holds dear capable of murder?

Manon Bradshaw is back.

Sunday Express––––––––––––––––––––––-'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'

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

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

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

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

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

Sunday Times'Strikingly modern…It 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'

Erin Kelly‘By turns tense and tender, gripping and moving, and always beautifully written. I didn’t read this book so much as live it: DI Manon Bradshaw is so convincingly human that I often wonder what she’s up to now’

Sarah Perry‘The best new crime series in years’

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