“Kate Brannigan is a breath of fresh air.”—Publishers Weekly
 Dead Beat introduces Kate Brannigan, who does for Manchester what VI Warshawski has done for Chicago. When Kate Brannigan agrees to track down a missing songwriter, a search that takes her into the seediest parts of Leeds, little does she realize that finding her is a prelude to murder.

Dead Beat: A Kate Brannigan Mystery

Literature & Fiction

Val. McDermid

Contemporary

Bloody Brits Press

“Kate Brannigan’s . . . a whirling dervish of tough toes and fine prose.”—The Washington Post
 Kate Brannigan is investigating the bizarre case of the missing conservatories. Before long, she’s up to her neck in crooked land deals, mortgage scams, financial chicanery—and murder. Then a favor for a friend puts Kate’s own life in danger.

Kick Back: A Kate Brannigan Mystery

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mcdermid. Val.

Mystery

“Plot, characterization, pace are all first-rate, and the bouncy Brannigan is one of the most likeable of all today’s PIs.”—The Sunday Telegraph (London)
 Kate Brannigan finds herself dragged into a world of drug traffickers, child pornographers, and violent gangland enforcers, bringing her face to face with death in the most terrifying investigation of her career.

Crack Down: A Kate Brannigan Mystery

“Reah delivers brilliant and chilly set pieces . . . she is a fine writer and her projection of sheer terror is enviable scary.”—The Literary Review “This is a crime novel with a strong element of psychological suspense . . . it combines the world of modern art with the world of the modern police force . . . the last fifty pages are nail biting.”—Irish Examiner “Reah is skilled at splicing domestic life with the menace of fear and at creating characters who are vulnerable, intelligent and humane.”—Manchester Evening News (England) Beyond the new city center developments, the old Sheffield canal is overgrown, run down, and deserted. Signs of regeneration creep along its towpaths, including a small innovative gallery housed in one of the warehouses. But between the renovations it’s a dark and lonely place—the perfect site for an exhibition reworking Brueghel’s The Triumph of Death. For Eliza Eliot, the curator, the chance to show well-known artist Daniel Flynn’s work at the gallery is a coup. But when a young woman’s body is found in the canal, Flynn’s nightmare images begin to spill out into the real world. Still affected by the murder of her friend’s daughter four years earlier, Eliza is drawn deep into the violence that seems to surround the gallery. Is this the work of a psychopath, or is there a link between present horrors and the tragedy of four years ago?

Bleak Water

Reah, Danuta

“A cleanly written, fast-paced escapade. Cut from the same cloth as Kinsey Millhone . . . this tale jumps out of the gate at top speed.”—Publishers Weekly
 Kate Brannigan goes head to head with organized crime when a routine industrial case starts leaving a trail of bodies across the northwest, forcing Kate to confront hard truths in her own life.

Clean Break: A Kate Brannigan Mystery

“A fast-paced joyride that swoops and curves past (or right over) the villains with barely a pause . . . readers will happily keep up, even if it leaves them a little breathless.”—Publishers Weekly
 Kate Brannigan is having a bad week, and she can’t even cry on her best friend’s shoulder, for Alexis has worries of her own. Her girlfriend Chris is pregnant, and when the doctor responsible for the illegal fertility treatment is murdered, Alexis needs Kate like she never has before.

Blue Genes: A Kate Brannigan Mystery

“There is no one in contemporary crime fiction who has managed to combine the visceral and the humane as well as Val McDermid. . . . She’s the best.”—The New York Times Book Review “McDermid has a sharp ear for the dialogue and intrinsic humor of the Manchester dialect. . . . She manages, as always, to combine her wit and exuberant writing with a careful and clever plot and oodles of perceptive social observation.”—The Times (London)
 Bodyguarding had never made it to Manchester PI Kate Brannigan’s wish list. But somebody’s got to pay the bills at Brannigan &amp; Co., and if the only earner on offer is playing nursemaid to a paranoid soap star, the fast-talking, computer-loving, white-collar-crime expert has to swallow her pride and slip into something more glam than her Thai-boxing kit.
 Soon, however, offstage dramas overshadow the fictional storylines, culminating in the unscripted murder of the self-styled “Seer to the Stars,” and Kate finds herself with more questions than answers. What’s more, her tame hacker has found virtual love, her process server keeps getting arrested, and the ever-reliable Dennis has had the temerity to get himself charged with murder.
 Nobody told her there’d be days like these . . .

Star Struck: A Kate Brannigan Mystery

"A gritty, suspense-filled first novel . . . here is a new crime writer who really knows his stuff—a compulsive and compelling read."--Publishing News  “Simms’ fresh approach, and the way the story weaves between three viewpoints, makes this one of the most promising debuts in crime for some time.”—City Life (Manchester)   “Anyone reading this will do so in one sitting . . . Simms is really a name to watch out for . . . a potential classic.”—Deadly Pleasures     There’s a killer on the roads masquerading as a breakdown rescuer who strikes without warning, killing brutally with no remorse. Roaming the motorways looking for his next victim, even he doesn’t know where and when his next murder will be.   Andy, a young recruit to the traffic police, is determined to hunt the killer down, jeopardizing his own police career in the process. After the third victim is found, he believes he’s seen something crucial—but his more senior partner won’t believe him. Increasingly alienated from his colleagues, Andy becomes obsessed with finding the murderer.   The searcher is an outcast from society: Lonely and misunderstood, he unwittingly links Andy and the killer through his midnight searches of the motorway.   As the police fail in their search for the killer and the murders continue, increasingly savage and unprovoked, Andy is determined to bring them to a halt. The action he takes brings all three together in a chilling finale.

Outside the White Lines

Simms, Chris

The Spider's House

“Diamond twists the coils of suspense to breaking point . . . a first-class psychologi-cal thriller that’s probably best read with the lights on.”—The Daily Record (London)   “Unbelievably chilling . . . this gripping and unsettling book is bound to have you reading late into the night.”—Peterborough Evening News (England)   When Anna Howell makes the shocking discovery that a notorious child murderess of the 1960s was the previous inhabitant of her picturesque old cottage, an unseen enemy begins to threaten her marriage, her sanity, and ultimately her life.

Diamond, Sarah

“An exceptional, strange and affecting psychological thriller . . . mesmerizing, lyrical and hypnotic, with a stunning climax.”—The Bookseller    “Bewitchingly told. . . . This is a story to savor, with a twist in the tail that chills the very marrow.”—Manchester Evening News (England)   Rowan Coffey is nineteen when he leaves university, a bright-burning boy come home to hide after the cruel, casual murder of a friend. Rowan had no alibi; exhausted after weeks of being under suspicion, he’s looking for shelter, what’s warm, familiar, and safe.But what he finds is chill. And danger. And death . . .

Shelter

Brenchley, Chaz

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