She’s concerned about Fly, now one of the only black kids in the neighborhood, and the fact that he’s 12 going on 20. Right” and take matters into her own hands. A year or two has passed, and the unlikely family unit has moved back to the familiar world of Cambridgeshire, where Manon is stuck working cold cases-and she’s five months pregnant, having decided to give up the wait for “Mr. When we last saw Manon, she had adopted Fly, an orphan closely related to her last case, and they were moving in with Manon’s sister, Ellie, and her toddler, Solomon, in London. 'The best new crime series in years' Sarah Perry 31.Steiner’s ( Missing, Presumed, 2016, etc.) intrepid, dysfunctional detective, Manon Bradshaw, returns on a case that quickly becomes personal. 9780008123376 Persons Unknown 31.9000 NZD InStock /shop/books /shop/books/fiction /shop/books/fiction/crime-thrillers THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'The best new crime series in years' Sarah Perry I didn't read this book so much as live it: DI Manon Bradshaw is so convincingly human that I often wonder what she's up to now' Erin Kelly 'By turns tense and tender, gripping and moving, and always beautifully written. A series to watch from a confident writer who draws even minor characters with care and sympathy' Sunday Times

'Strikingly modern.It is refreshing to see a detective grappling with real life dilemmas but they never get in the way of the plot, which is clever and original. 'A smart and funny rumination on motherhood' New York Times Persons Unknown is like walking on quicksand, for reader and detective alike' Val McDermid 'An ingeniously and extravagantly plotted, multi-voiced thrillride. 'Winning prose, sympathetic characters and an appreciation of life's joys as keen as a knowledge of its dangers' Wall Street Journal 'Bradshaw is an engaging heroine, full of self-doubt and contradiction, but whose caustic wit gleams through the grim murder inquiry' Daily Mail 'Steiner has a quirky, evocative prose style that is often very funny and her novels are highly entertaining and full of memorable, well-rounded characters' Sunday Express When even her trusted colleagues turn their backs on her, it's time to contemplate the unthinkable: are those she holds dear capable of murder? THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERĭI Manon Bradshaw's world is turned upside down when the victim turns out to be closer to her than she could have guessed. ' solidified the promise of last year's debut, Missing, Presumed, with another hyper-realistic police procedural' Guardian: Books of the Year 2017Ī city banker bleeds to death yards from a Cambridgeshire police headquarters.ĭI Manon Bradshaw's world is turned upside down when the victim turns out to be closer to her than she cou.

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