Lost Lives: A must-read crime novel – from a real-life police detective

by Lisa Cutts (Author), Lisa Cutts (Author)

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  Paperback
  2019

  $3.31

  'Compelling, pacy, full of tension that had me gripped from the first page to the last' ANGELA MARSONS
  'Utterly gripping and hauntingly realistic, I raced through this in one sitting' LISA HALL
  
  The unputdownable new crime novel, brimming with expert knowledge and authenticity, from an author with over twenty years' policing experience.
  
  After a late-night shooting takes place in a rough neighbourhood in East Rise, DI Harry Powell attends the scene. The victim is not fatally injured, but clearly terrified he refuses to talk.
  
  When a tip leads Harry to suspect the victim is involved with human traffickers, he realises that countless lives are at risk and that the people he's after are more dangerous than he first thought.
  
  With time running out and their witness becoming more hostile, Harry must push his already-overstretched team to the limits to get the information he needs. But for DI Harry Powell, solving the case might come at a terrible price . . .
  
  `A genuinely immersive read. Lisa's background as a detective is used to such good effect in this clever, suspenseful tale'
  KATE RHODES
  
  'Not only a smart, compulsive police procedural, but also a candid and compassionate exposure of people trafficking . . . An important story, superbly and entertainingly told'
  LOUISE CANDLISH, author of OUR HOUSE
  
  `Masterful storytelling from a writer at the top of her game'
  JULIE WASSMER
  
  Praise for Lisa Cutts' novels:
  
  'Brutal, harrowing and compelling, Mercy Killing deftly challenges everything you thought you knew about police investigations. Lisa Cutts has a unique voice: empathetic, observant, incisive. This is a book to devour and recommend; everyone should read it' ELIZABETH HAYNES, author of Into the Darkest Corner
  
  `I SO enjoyed Mercy Killing. Taut. Tense. Insider knowledge leaps from every page' SIMON BOOKER, author of Without Trace