Real women, gritty lives, gruesome murders—following on Dead to Me, this is a prequel to the Scott &amp; Bailey TV series, and a gritty standalone crime novel in its own right A blaze at an abandoned chapel on the impoverished Walton Estate turns out to be more than just arson when the body of a man who has been shot twice is discovered in the ashes. For the Manchester Metropolitan police team it’s the start of a grueling and complex case that exposes the fractures and fault lines of a community living on the edge. DC Rachel Bailey, recently married, is trying to come to terms with her new status and deal with the fallout from her chaotic family. She throws herself into work but her compulsion to find answers and see justice done leads her into the deepest jeopardy. DC Janet Scott's world is shaken to its foundations when death comes far too close for comfort and she finds one of her daughters on the wrong side of a police investigation. DCI Gill Murray’s ex Dave, a Chief Superintendent, crashes back into her life, out of control and bringing chaos in his wake. Gill attempts to get Dave to face the truth of his situation, and to stay the hell away from her, but things are about to get a whole lot worse. And then a second building goes up in flames.

Ruthless

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

STAINCLIFFE, CATH

Mystery

Corgi

She's a single parent. A private eye. And liking it. Until, that is, Mrs Hobbs turns up asking Sal Kilkenny to find her missing son. Sal's search takes her through the Manchester underworld, a world of deprivation, of well-heeled organised crime and, ultimately, murder. Would she have taken the job on if she had known what she was getting into? Probably, because Sal is fired with the desire to see justice done, to avenge the death of a young lad whose only crime was knowing too much...

Looking For Trouble (LIN)

Linford Mystery

Juggling the school-run with assignments is a strange mixture for Sal Kilkenny, private investigator and single mother. But the toughest part of her job is answering the unanswerable. As, for instance, when Sal's new client Agnes Dolan asks why her friend Lily Palmer, recently installed in Homelea Nursing Home, should decline so rapidly into Alzheimer's. At first, it seems to be a tragedy rather than a mystery - but when Sal digs deeper she finds this domestic case is far more dramatic than it appears...

Go Not Gently (LIN)

Sal Kilkenny, single mother and private eye, has two very frightened clients on her hands. One, divorcee Debbie Gosforth, is the victim of a deranged stalker; the other, teenager Luke Wallace, is afraid he might be a murderer. Both are likeable, vulnerable but frustratingly unreliable - Debbie through blind fear, Luke because he simply cannot remember the night when, off his head on Ecstasy and alcohol, he is alleged to have stabbed his best friend, Ahktar Khan, to death. But as Sal sets about finding the identity of the stalker who's making Debbie's life a living hell, the IRA bomb the Arndale Centre and a summer of terror begins...

Dead Wrong (LIN)

A Sal Kilkenny Mystery - An abandoned infant on her doorstep is the last thing Manchester private eye Sal Kilkenny needs. Sal’s client Libby Hill is trying to put her life back together after the brutal killing of her lover and the conviction of petty criminal Damien Beswick, who confessed to the murder. But now Beswick has retracted his confession – exactly what game is he playing? As Sal investigates, things get up close and personal, and there are further bombshells to come, which threaten everything Sal holds dear.

Crying Out Loud (A Sal Kilkenny Mystery, 8)

Severn House

A Sal Kilkenny Mystery - An abandoned infant on her doorstep is the last thing Manchester private eye Sal Kilkenny needs. Sal’s client Libby Hill is trying to put her life back together after the brutal killing of her lover and the conviction of petty criminal Damien Beswick, who confessed to the murder. But now Beswick has retracted his confession – exactly what game is he playing? As Sal investigates, things get up close and personal, and there are further bombshells to come, which threaten everything Sal holds dear.

Sal Kilkenny, single mother and private eye, has two very frightened clients on her hands.  One, divorcee Debbie Gosforth, is the victim of a deranged stalker; the other, teenager Luke Wallace, is afraid he might be a murderer.  Both are likeable, vulnerable but frustratingly unreliable - Debbie through blind fear, Luke because he simply cannot remember the night when, off his head on Ecstasy and alcohol, he is alleged to have stabbed his best friend, Ahktar Khan, to death.  But as Sal sets about finding the identity of the stalker who's making Debbie's life a living hell, the IRA bomb the Arndale Centre and a summer of terror begins...

Dead Wrong

Thrillers & Suspense

Headline Book Publishing, Limited

Private eye Sal Kilkenny spends her days tracing Jennifer Pickering, who disappeared 20 years ago, and her nights working for the Neighborhood Nuisance Unit in one of Manchester’s toughest housing estates. As the estate becomes increasingly frenzied by racial tensions, the situation becomes enflamed, and a properties start to burn, Sal’s two cases spiral out of control as events, past and present, collide with deadly intensity.

Stone Cold Red Hot

Allison and Busby

British private eye and single mother Sal Kilkenny investigates the mysteries behind a missing woman, Jennifer Pickering, and a Somalian Muslim family targeted by Neo-Nazi youths determined to drive them away.

STONE COLD RED HOT (P)

It's the count down to Christmas and Sal Kilkenny is exhausted even just thinking about the festive season - the tree, presents for the kids, who to invite and what to have for Christmas dinner. So when she is asked to investigate a suicide that a grieving family cannot come to terms with, she turns the case down. Eventually persuaded to help the family trace their mother Miriam’s last hours, Sal is ashamed to realize how little the authorities had bothered to investigate and starts to have her own suspicions about the death. Why would a woman so petrified of heights choose to jump from the top of Manchester's parking garage? Meanwhile Sal is also busy on another case involving a sullen teen. With mixed feelings, Sal agrees to tail the difficult teenager and discover where he goes and what he does. The results are puzzling and before long she is led in unexpected directions that will take her closer to danger and heartbreak than ever before... Written with beautiful attention to the nuances of everyday life, Towers of Silence is an emotionally involving journey into the heart of a city hiding dark secrets.

Towers of Silence

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Ruthless

Looking For Trouble (LIN)

Go Not Gently (LIN)

Dead Wrong (LIN)

Crying Out Loud (A Sal Kilkenny Mystery, 8)

Crying Out Loud (A Sal Kilkenny Mystery, 8)

Dead Wrong

Stone Cold Red Hot

STONE COLD RED HOT (P)

Towers of Silence