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Violence
Some
Drug trade violence; moderate thriller action; Manchester criminal world
Language
Some
Moderate language
Sexual Content
Barely any
No significant sexual content
Substance Use
Some
Drug trade as central plot element; moderate depictions
Emotional Intensity
Some
Moderate psychological tension; boyfriend implicated; professional and personal stakes collide
What this book is about
Manchester private investigator Kate Brannigan is hired to look into car fraud, but the trail leads into a drugs operation — and implicates her boyfriend Richard in a conspiracy he may have known nothing about. The fourth Kate Brannigan mystery is a fast-paced urban thriller set in the Manchester criminal underworld of the 1990s.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Drug trade
Relationship under threat
Manchester crime
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