A young woman is murdered at the height of summer in this gritty, pageturning mystery set in London and featuring DCI Bill Slider one of Britains most engaging coppers (Booklist) Most homicides are young male on young male, and thats bad enough. But as a father of two daughters, DCI Bill Slider cant help but take it harder when the victim is a young woman.Rhianne Morgan, just eighteen, waiting for her Alevel results, lies dead in her comfortable middleclass home in a nice, respectable area. Neighbours remember rows with her stepfather. Schoolmates talk of a boyfriend humiliatingly dumped. Her bestie mentions an unnamed new boyfriend, who possibly provided her with drugs. But the back gate was open, and anyone could have walked in. Did she even know her assailant?Secrets and lies flourished around this troubled teenager, a thicket of thorns Slider and his team must cut through to find the truth. Who killed Rhianne?As Sliders boss says, its always the first person you suspect. Except when it isnt.This criticallyacclaimed British police procedural series is a great choice for fans of Catherine Aird, Ann Cleeves and Peter James. If you havent met Bill Slider and his team, why not start now?

Binding: Hardback;256 pages; Publisher: Canongate Books; Classification: FF; Weight: 504 g; Dimensions: 146 x 225 x 27

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