The stunning first novel in the Kate Brannigan series from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Val McDermid.‘This is crime writing of the very highest order' The TimesIntroducing Kate Brannigan Manchester's most-loved private detective - a woman who won't take no for an answer.As a favour Kate agrees to track down a missing songwriter Moria Pollock. It was supposed to be a nice simple case but the search soon leads Kate into the dark underworld of Leeds Manchester and Bradford - and finally to a shocking confrontation with a killer…