Kate Brannigan, feisty Manchester-based PI, is back, investigating the bizarre case of the missing conservatories. Before long she’s up to her neck in crooked land deals, mortgage scams, financial chicanery – and murder. But when a favour for a friend puts Kate’s own life in danger, bizarre is not the first word she thinks of…
Publication date UK: 01 September 1993 (Gollancz)
Current UK publisher: (HarperCollins)
Publication date US: 17 July 2018 (Grove Atlantic)
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Series: Kate Brannigan Series – Book 2
Kate Brannigan deserves promotion to the top rank, alongside Kinsey Millhone and V.I. Warshawski. Plot, characterisation, pace are all first-rate, and the bouncy Brannigan is one of the most likeable of all todays PIs. — Sunday Telegraph
Kate Brannigan is truly welcome. A fictional equivalent of Victoria Wood, hot on one-liners, Chinese food, tabloid papers and Thai boxing, she is refreshingly funny. — Daily Mail
A satisfying range of villains, Manchester and its environs turn deeply sinister and Brannigan toughs and wisecracks her way to a solution. Passes the Second Novel test triumphantly. — The Times
Fast-moving and entertaining. — Crime Writers’ Association: Chairmen’s Choice
At long last, this is a genre heroine with a big heart, witty tongue and an understanding of modern youth. Fun at all levels. — Evening Standard, Frances Fyfield
