A CRIME THRILLER WITH A COMPELLING DETECTIVE WHO WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO BRING THE MOST VICIOUS CRIMINALS TO JUSTICE.

Please note this book was first published as POWER GAMES.

Detective Kate Power’s life seem to be finally improving.

But from the moment she rescues a budgie from a cottage destroyed in a lorry accident, the pressure never relents.

Why does an ordinary middle-class woman die alone in a shower after an evening out with friends and a game of tennis? Why does an art expert tell medics he had to light a bonfire at midnight? And why is the archaeologist working on a find in Kate’s garden so scared? And who’s behind a wave of arson attacks?

It’s hard enough pulling together all the disparate threads without police rivalries which see her being plucked from her colleagues in her CID team and transferred to a new elite murder investigation squad – though her boss there makes it clear she’s not welcome and duly suspends her.

Kate has to fight for her job and solve her toughest case yet.

Set in the late 90s in England’s second city, this is the third in a series of compulsively readable crime thrillers.

KATE POWER

Personal tragedy cut short Kate Power’s promising career in the Met. A sergeant at thirty, she’s returned to bustling, bright Birmingham with the promise of a fresh start with the CID there, new friends and a house her great aunt has given her. Sadly it’s the home from hell, with a garden to match. The new job brings its own problems: clearly the Birmingham force still has some officers who believe women’s sole purpose is to mop up harassment.

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Perfect for fans of Rachel Abbott, Robert Bryndza, Mel Sherratt, Angela Marsons, Helen H. Durrant, or Joy Ellis.