The Murder Wall (Kate Daniels, 1) - Softcover

'Brutal and engaging. Mari Hannah writes with a sharp eye and a dark heart' Peter James 'A satisfyingly meaty read' Guardian 'Hannah is especially good at portraying the emotional interactions and office politics of a fraught police force' The Times 'Brilliant plotting and scene setting, an outspoken, reckless and determined woman chief inspector, a carefully crafted supporting cast and police procedural detail so real that it's like being a fly on the wall make this an outstanding first novel...fast paced, confidently written and seamlessly flowing murder mystery fraught with sexual tensions and naked ambition' Lancashire Evening Post 'Welcome a great new British crime writer...Top class' Peterborough Evening Telegraph 'I found The Murder Wall thrilling, exciting and fresh. The writing was crisp, the story engaging and the plots made for a real page-turner' Stoke on Trent Sentinel 'I became completely absorbed in this debut novel and eagerly anticipate her second...' Hull Daily Mail 'A police procedural par excellence and one of the most assured debuts I've ever read. Mari Hannah is a skilled plotter with a great eye for character and a wealth of personal experience in the field to draw on. Make no mistake, she is going to be huge' CrimeFictionLover blog 'Joining Val McDermid and Ann Cleeves is a new and distinct voice in crime fiction ... page-turning' The Journal

Eleven months after discovering a brutal double murder in a sleepy Northumbrian town, Detective Chief Inspector Kate Daniels is still haunted by her failure to solve the case. Then the brutal killing of a man on Newcastle's Quayside gives Daniels another chance to get it right, and her first case as Senior Investigating Officer. When Daniels recognises the corpse, but fails to disclose the fact, her personal life swerves dangerously into her professional life. But much worse, she is now being watched. As Daniels steps closer to finding a killer, a killer is only a breath away from claiming his next victim...