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PI Kate Brannigan, Book 2

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By: Val McDermid
Narrated by: Chloe Massey
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About this listen

The second gripping thriller in the Kate Brannigan series, from best-selling author Val McDermid.

PI Kate Brannigan is hired to investigate a series of strange financial scams across Manchester. At first it looks like a discrepancy with the paperwork, but the deeper Kate digs, the murkier the case becomes.

Before long she’s up to her neck in crooked land deals – and murder – and her own life is on the line....

©2019 W. F. Howes Ltd (P)2019 W.F. Howes Ltd Crime Thrillers Detective Fiction Mystery Private Investigators Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Crime

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Critic reviews

"A satisfying range of villains, Manchester and its environs turn deeply sinister and Brannigan toughs and wisecracks her way to a solution." (The Times)

"Kate Brannigan deserves promotion to the top rank, alongside Kinsey Millhone and V.I. Warshawski. Plot, characterisation, pace are all first-rate, and Brannigan is one of the most likeable of all today’s PIs." (Sunday Telegraph)
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Absolutely love this series of books with Kate Brannigan. Really sophisticated story lines and plots, narration superb, Love listening to places mentioned that I’ve visited many times.... can’t wait for the next

Fantastic listen!!

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Very good book, I'm finding as I get older it's more enjoyable to listen to books as I tend to lose concentration after a while if reading by myself, I've always enjoyed reading but age brings other problems.
The book seemed more gripping than the other one I had read.
The narrator I find is quite good as on several occasions I actually thought there were more people reading.
I look forward to reading more in this series.

Quite Gripping.

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Narration was spot on. Especially the regional dialog. As usual val McDermid delivers first class audio books.

Easy to follow plot

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Another classic from the great thriller writer it leaves you thinking where does it go next !!!

Val McDermid is brilliant thriller writer !!!

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I enjoyed the narrator’s accents, they kept the dialects local which I liked. Clever storyline and interesting characters too

Twists and turns throughout

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