Val McDermid 
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The second gripping thriller in the Kate Brannigan series, from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Val Mc Dermid.’No one can plot or tell a story like Mc Dermid’ Express PI Kate Brannigan is hired to investigate a series of strange financial scams across Manchester. At first it looks like a discrepancy with the paperwork, but the deeper Kate digs, the murkier the case becomes.Before long she’s up to her neck in crooked land deals – and murder – and her own life is on the line…