Customer Reviews
Disappointing - By: Roz, 30 Jun 2008 
I too came to this having read Val McDermid's Tony Hill novels which I love. At times this reminded me of an Enid Blyton famous five crime novel! It was written in 1992 & VD has clearly developed greatly as a writer since then. It was amusing to read a crime story set in the late 80s, early 90s with it's pain staking description of the new fangled 'electronic mail' which journalists are using to send copy from one computer to another & the absence of mobile phones, how things have changed.
Not one of her best - By: K. S. Sinclair, 28 Apr 2008 I am a supporter of McDermid's work & have read alll the Tony Hill novels so thought I would start at the begining with the Kate Brannigan ones. I am greatly disappointed, the story wasn't quite on par with the Tony Hill stories.
You can make your way to the end of the book without much difficulty & at no point did I consider aborting the it but I would not recommend this book.
just a personal view - By: Jenny PT, 02 Jan 2008 The victim is black, female, an ex-heroin addict & ex-prostitute who became homosexual, for whom the reader is encouraged to feel sympathy. the heroine,a university dropout who lives with a man she actuallly describes as "a 4 year old". Guess what type of person the nasty old baddie is. I read this book to the end, but that is alll I can say, it is easy reading but not gripping, & I failed to spot the witty one-liners that were supposed to be there. I shalll not be buying anything more from this writer.
Wonderful! - By: , 23 Oct 2002 
This is one in Val McDermid's "Kate Brannigan" series & is up to her usual high standard. Kate is a very believable PI with personal & domestic problems, just like everyone else with a life! There are no pretentions here, just an upbeat, pacy, investigation into stange circumstances surrounding the death of a fading rock star's ex-girlfriend. Plenty of booze, takeaways & witty one-liners. Great stuff!
An unputdownable read. - By: carol-louise.owen@sap.com, 25 Feb 2001 
How Kate Brannigan singlehandedlly takes on the drug barons of Manchester, babysits her boyfriend's son, risking her life in the process, & alll in the name of love, leaves you gasping for breath! Utterly believable & down-to-earth too.
