***Near fine in purple cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to spine.No inscriptions. Jacket illustration by Katherine Dickinson. ***Later won the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel Of The Year. First impression of the true first edition. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Hardcover. McDermid's ( Open and Shut ) snappy, often comic prose keeps the story humming as Kate is drawn deeper and deeper into the twisted plot of her first murder investigation.Ĭopyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. As Kate questions Jett's entourage, she uncovers why everyone closest to him wanted Moira dead. But six weeks later Moira is murdered-beaned by a tenor sax-and Jett wants Kate to find which member of his inner circle is the culprit. Moira reluctantly agrees to return to Jett to help his career while Kate goes back to her investigation of counterfeiters and her own lover, a rock journalist. Kate finds Moira, a rehabilitated drug user, living with-and in love with-Maggie, an ex-counselor. Kate Brannigan is hired by rock legend Jett to locate his former partner and lover, Moira. Set in Manchester, England, which its natives claim as the home of rock 'n' roll, the forthright and unpretentious sleuth introduced in this fast-paced story is sure to win readers' hearts. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. But who could have expected that solving the mystery of the missing lyricist and restoring her to her former life would prove a prelude to murder? Kate finds herself combing the seediest areas of Leeds in her search for Moira, and knows to expect trouble in the rougher parts of town. Every rock star is on the hunt for a good lyricist, but Kate's celebrity client is determined to have only Moira Pollock: his partner in sex, drugs, and rock and roll - that is, until Moira vanishes. It's no thanks to Richard that Kate agrees to take on a strange missing persons case as a personal favor to a rock star, and no thanks to Richard that she is immediately reminded of why such cases are best avoided. 'sure to win readers' hearts': Kate Brannigan, a Manchester-based private detective whose hobbies include Thai kick-boxing, computer hacking, and a misadventurous relationship with her journalist boyfriend Richard.

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