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Book SynopsisThe first novel in the grittily authentic Karen Sharpe series.
The 8th April 1996 was a bad day for Karen Sharpe, the eighth anniversary of something so deeply buried she had hoped to forget it ever happened. Each year she tries to cope in whatever way she can. Most years she turns to booze. But this year that wasn''t going to work. Sometime after midnight her DS and partner, is executed in a military style killing, whilst his pretty 21-year-old informant, ends up on a South Pennine moor with bullets through her face and chest. Karen had been due to meet both when drink and memories intervened, preventing her from getting there.
As the investigation begins, odd details keep forcing Karen to examine her own unclear memories. As she follows her instincts, and some very disturbing clues embedded in her own secret history, she must confront her past and act quickly if she is to prevent the seed of destruction planted eight years before from wreaking devastating an
Trade Review
Excellent stuff - Irish Independent
This is a first-rate thriller with a terrific climax - Sunday Telegraph
He's created a beguilingly complex character, perfectly suited to his taut thrillers - Mirror
Drips authenticity from every pore. The author cooks up an excellently complex and tightly-wrought plot and he can construct a true-to-life range of characters ... I look forward to many more novels featuring DC Karen Sharpe - Tribune
The police procedural novel is given the kind of spruce up it has been in need of for some time - Daily Express
A gripping and unusual police procedural - Sunday Telegraph
