Dead Beat

<p> The stunning first novel in the Kate Brannigan series, from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Val McDermid. </p> <p>‘This is crime writing of the very highest order’ The Times</p> <p> Introducing Kate Brannigan, Manchester’s most-loved private detective – a woman who won’t take no for an answer. </p> <p>As a favour, Kate agrees to track down a missing songwriter, Moria Pollock. It was supposed to be a nice simple case, but the search soon leads Kate into the dark underworld of Leeds, Manchester and Bradford – and finally to a shocking confrontation with a killer...</p>