Introducing Birmingham Detective Sergeant Kate Power, exiled from London's Metropolitan Police by personal tragedy and making a new start in the distant outpost of Birmingham CID. Her new Brummie bosses are good men, for the most part, but they can't seem to let their new female colleague alone long enough to get on with her job. Kate is anxious to lose herself in her work, and before too long a case comes along that will consume her in a way she could never have imagined. Young boys are being abducted, abused, and murdered on her patch, and she feels intense personal and professional pressure to catch those responsible. Kate must navigate the unfamiliar channels of power in male-dominated Birmingham; are her colleagues being deliberately obstructive or simply dragging their feet? Soon she is forced to make an important decision: Should she follow the conventional line of enquiry, toe the company line, and work as part of the team, or should she strike out on her own, reputation be damned? Kate's got her work cut out for her, but she's a tough young cop who's seen a lot in her brief career and no one, not a heavy-handed supervisor or a vicious killer, is going to stop her from surviving, and thriving, in Birmingham. Power on Her Own is a taut, gritty cop novel from talented crime writer Judith Cutler.

Power on Her Own: A Mystery

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

CUTLER, JUDITH

Mystery

Minotaur Books

Detective Sergeant Kate Power of Birmingham CID has had bad luck with romance, so when a polite stranger flirts with her on an airline trip home from Florence, she's more than a little suspicious. She gives the man her business card and forgets all about him. Two days later he's found hanging from a canal bridge-with Kate's card in his pocket the only means of identification. The easy conclusion for the investigating officers is suicide, but Kate isn't convinced. As her subsequent investigations prove, the cause of Alan Grafton's death-and it's consequences-are more serious than she and her colleagues could have imagined. Still regarded as a newcomer in the Birmingham police force, still battling against prejudice and intimidation among the ranks, still fighting to prove that she's got what it takes, Kate is determined to stick to her guns until she finally uncovers the shocking truth. Judith Cutler's keen insight into the contemporary police force and her winning sleuth Kate Power are a recipe for excellent crime fiction, and Staying Power is the second compelling novel in a gritty modern cop series that's been praised by critics and fans alike.

Staying Power (British Cop Kate Power, 2)

Physical description; 280 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects; Policewomen - England - Birmingham - Fiction. Police - England - Birmingham - Fiction. Missing children - England - Birmingham - Fiction. Crime & mystery fiction.

Power on Her Own (A Kate Power Crime Novel)

Hodder&Stoughton

From the author of POWER OF HER OWN and DYING TO SCORE, a new thriller featuring Detective Sergeant Kate Powers who finds herself in the middle of a messy case when she has a conversation with a fellow passenger returning from Florence, and days later he is found dead, with Power's card in his pocket.

Staying power ([A Kate Power crime novel])

London: Hodder & Stoughton

Still finding her feet in Birmingham, DS Kate Power is back in the Fraud Squad, under-staffed, under-funded and under the leadership of a hostile boss, jealous of Kate's relationship with DI Graham Harvey. But if Graham's marriage keeps him from Kate, Kate's new case makes her neglect him: a complex case involving a forged will soon includes murder and an investigation into what may have been an unnatural death a generation ago.

Will Power (A DS Kate Power crime novel)

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Hodder&Stoughton Ltd

Will power

New English Library

Death's Long Shadow (A Harriet & Matthew Rowsley Victorian mystery, 3)

The arrival of an unexpected guest means trouble ahead for the residents of Thorncroft House in this deftly-plotted Victorian mystery. On a freezing winter's night, with the household in mourning following the death of the dowager Lady Croft, the residents of Thorncroft House are roused from their beds by the arrival of an unexpected visitor. Although Lady Stanton seems reluctant to explain the reasons for her visit, housekeeper Harriet Rowsley would never turn a stranger from the door; she offers Lady Stanton and her servants all the hospitality at her disposal, however secretive and arrogant the new guest might be. But tensions arise over the following days, with both visitors and servants trapped indoors by the snow, and Lady Stanton proving a difficult and demanding guest. The situation worsens on the discovery of the body of a young housemaid lying crumpled at the foot of the stairs. A tragic accident ... or something more sinister? Who exactly is Lady Stanton, and why has she come to Thorncroft? Has her arrival anything to do with the housemaid's death? As the household remains trapped and tensions escalate, Harriet and her husband Matthew are forced to face the fact that they may be harbouring a murderer in their midst ...

Severn House

A House Divided (A Harriet & Matthew Rowsley Victorian mystery, 4)

Stranded at a house party - when a murderer strikes!\nMay 1861, Victorian England. When Matthew and Harriet Rowsley are invited to a house party at Clunston Park by Matthew's cousin, Colonel Barrington Rowsley and his wife Lady Hortensia, Harriet is nervous - surely the aristocratic guests will snub her? After all, they are but mere servants in their eyes! Her fears are realised on their first evening when the only person who deigns to speak to her is the spiteful Gräfin Weiser and confirmed when she commits a major faux-pas at the cricket match the following day.\nBut there's no escape! The cricket match is abandoned due to a storm, and flooding leaves the house guests stranded. Things worsen when Gräfin Weiser is found murdered and the finger is quickly pointed at Clara, an eleven-year-old maid as the culprit. Convinced that she cannot be guilty, Harriet and Matthew agree to investigate.\nThe aristocratic facade begins to crumble under their scrutiny, and they start to unlock the secrets of Clunston Park. Why does the Colonel allow his bullying friend Major Jameson so much leeway? Is there more to the befuddled Lord Pidgeon than meets the eye? Harriet and Matthew must uncover the truth, before they find themselves in deadly danger.

A funny, sharply observed love story from the author of COMING ALIVE Beth is headmistress of a school in Devon, one that has just been favourably inspected by Ofsted. At the peak of her career, comfortably single and with enough money to enjoy herself, life looks good. In theory. But with the arrival of Beth's teenage niece Emma - sent to Dawlish by her parents to recover from glandular fever, whilst they escape to Italy - all hell breaks loose. Within days Emma has set her sights on the only eligible bachelor in the neighbourhood, an organic farmer named Conrad who also happens to be a fading rock star - and an idol of Beth's own teenage years. Beth's independent lifestyle is turned upside down as Emma plays her dangerous game of seduction. And Conrad, meanwhile, seems to have bitten off more than he can chew...

Head Over Heels

A Lina Townend Mystery - Lina Townend is making a name for herself as an antiques dealer, in partnership with her old friend, Griff Tripp. When she is accused of stealing an item she is selling for her father, the disreputable Lord Elham, her plight attracts the attention of Piers, a handsome fellow dealer. But is Piers all he seems? And what about the kindly policeman investigating the case? There’s only one person she can really trust – Griff. But when violence threatens him, Lina has a difficult decision to make . . .

Silver Guilt (A Lina Townend Mystery, 2)

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