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Dead beat introduces kate brannigan, a partner in a manchester security consultancy that does investigation work mostly in commercial and computer fraud cases. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. Val mcdermid, frse, frsl born 4 june 1955 is a scottish crime writer, best known for a. I discovered val mcdermid back in the early 1990s when the first of her kate branigan series, dead beat was published. Killing the shadows by val mcdermid editions first published in 2000. In this book, kate is put on the trail of a missing lyricist and bed partner of a rising rock star. Dead beat introduces kate brannigan, a thaiboxing, rockandroll female private detective from manchester. She does the legwork whilst her business partner bill mortensen does the clever stuff with floppy disks and modems yes, 1992 was a long time ago. She is particularly famous for writing all her novels in the mystery, crime and thriller genres. Read download xdead beat kick back pdf pdf download. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Dead beat this is the first book in val mcdermid s series of books featuring private investigator kate brannigan. Dead beat book by val mcdermid 10 available editions.
She has won many awards internationally, including the cwa gold dagger for best crime novel of the. Turns out the everyday world isfull of strange and magical things and most of them dont play well with humans. Set in manchester and the surrounding area kate tends to focus on white collar crime until now. Sadly for me, this the last of the planned series suggests that the writers heart had gone out of the series. Dead beat pi kate brannigan, book 1 by val mcdermid books. I struggled all the way through it as i found it dull and many of her characters wooden and unbelievable.
She formerly lived in both stockport and northumberland with three cats dead link and a border terrier dog. In 2016, mcdermid captained a team of crime writer challengers on the tv quiz eggheads, beating the eggheads and winning. Often ascribed to the subgenre of tartan noir val mcdermids work includes several bestselling series, including the lindsay gordon, kate. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Val mcdermid is a popular scottish author who was born on june 04, 1955 in fife, scotland, united kingdom.
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