Winner of Best New True Crime Author, CrimeCon UK True Crime Awards 2023Shortlisted for the ALCS Gold Dagger award for nonfiction, Crime Writers Association Awards 2023The gripping true story of how Detective Superintendent Julie Mackay brought Melanie Roads murderer to justice.BATH, 1984Jean Road, a 49yearold mother of three, awakens to news that her daughter Melanie has been murdered in a nearby street as she walked home from a club in the early hours.Britains biggest manhunt begins. A trail of blood is found leading away from the scene. Its a rare blood type. But despite a yearlong inquiry and 94 arrests, the case is wound down. No one is charged with Melanies murder.AVON & SOMERSET POLICE HQ, 2009Detective Sergeant Julie Mackay, a 41yearold single mother of three who has been overlooked for promotion for years, transfers to the Cold Case Unit. She unearths a file from the original inquiry and becomes hooked by the details the rare blood type, Bath on a summers night, the investigative wrong turns She takes on the case, and with the help of Melanies inspirational mother works tirelessly to rebuild it.This is the true story of how she did it.

Binding: Paperback;384 pages; Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers; Classification: BTC; Weight: 396 g; Dimensions: 130 x 197 x 27

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