The Dead Won't Sleep

The Dead Won't Sleep

by Anna Smith (Author)

Synopsis

The body of a young teenage hooker is found washed up on the beach near Glasgow. This stark event barely captures a headline in the cynical world of tabloid newspapers. This is Glasgow in the 1990s and she's just another dead heroin addict. But Tracey Eadie was only fourteen years old and came from a children's home in Glasgow. How did she get from there to where she is now? One of Tracey's friends on the street contacts Rosie Gilmour, a tabloid journalist. She gives Rosie a tip off that's dynamite, too hot to print but impossible to ignore. Rosie has covered many dark stories in her career. Her background has plenty in common with Tracey's and her own life could have gone either way. Her investigation exposes a sordid tale of corruption and child abuse that leads from the murky streets of Glasgow to the very top of the establishment. For Rosie, it is the only story worth telling, but she soon discovers that the forces united against her will stop at nothing to make sure nobody ever gets to the truth.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Publisher: Quercus Publishing Plc
Published: 13 Oct 2011

ISBN 10: 0857384929
ISBN 13: 9780857384928

Media Reviews
Grabs you by the scruff of the neck and doesn't let go until its jaw-dropping conclusion * Best *
Strongly plotted and very good * Guardian *
Anna Smith expertly unveils Glasgow's underbelly in this page-turner. Her knowledge of the city's underclass shines out of every page - a budding new crime talent * News of the World *
Rosie is such a believable character ... I had to read the whole thing from start to finish in one sitting * Lorraine Kelly *
Author Bio
Anna Smith has been a journalist for over twenty years and is a former chief reporter for the Daily Record in Glasgow. She has covered wars across the world as well as major investigations and news stories from Dunblane to Kosovo to 9/11. Anna spends her time between Lanarkshire and Dingle in the west of Ireland, as well as in Spain to escape the British weather.