by JohnConnor (Author)
On the day Karen Sharpe is promoted to Detective Sergeant she loses control and attacks a prisoner she is interrogating. Duly suspended, Karen is investigated and seemingly cleared, but more than a year later the incident still casts a long shadow. When the battered body of a young girl is discovered, it kicks off an inquiry which pushes Karen and a trainee DC, Marcus Roth, too close for comfort, both on and off-duty. The investigation leads to Mary Bradley, currently the carer for a helpless six-year-old boy, Andrew Farrar. As the truth of Mary Bradley's violent past emerges, the inquiry becomes a race against time before Andrew becomes just another one of her child victims. Meanwhile, with the case holding more and more personal resonance for Karen, Marcus discovers that when threatened she has a tendency to ignore the rule book and act on instinct. Before the scores are finally settled Marcus will be wondering whether Karen's legitimate world and Mary Bradley's illegitimate one are really any different.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
Publisher: Orion
Published: 05 Mar 2009
ISBN 10: 0752885243
ISBN 13: 9780752885247
Book Overview: As part of the New Blood promotion, John Connor was the top seller with great review coverage John Connor's experiences as a senior criminal lawyer within the Crown Prosecution Service makes for gritty realism Detective Constable Karen Sharpe is a strong series character