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Journalist Laura Ackroyd has more than usual going on in her personal life, and she could have done without profiling a wealthy venture capitalist who seems set on taking over the running of a local school. But she finds David Murgatroyd a charismatic, though elusive, subject and begins to wonder just what methods he is prepared to use to persuade people to fall into line with his plans. Meanwhile DCI Michael Thackeray, unaware he is likely to become a father again, is looking for a missing mother, whose disappearance reveals a far more sinister and dangerous reality than either he or Laura could have imagined. A tense and highly topical read.
An unknown young woman found dead in a flooded river, an abused wife making heavy weather of escaping from her husband with her traumatised child, and an Asian detective finding it increasingly difficult to balance on the tightrope he walks between his family's traditional Muslim beliefs and his job as a policeman. More conflict and moral dilemmas for DCI Michael Thackeray and his girl-friend Laura Ackroyd in the multiracial Yorkshire town of Bradfield. A tense and gripping mystery which delves into the murky dynamics of two very different families at odds with themselves and descending into violence and death.
Book Groups and Library talks
Patricia Hall is available to talk about her books either alone or with colleagues from Oxblood, an Oxford-based group of crime writers. E-mail for further deatils.
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