Death Message

Author(s): Kate London

Fiction - Crime & Thriller

October 1987: the morning after the Great Storm. Fifteen-year-old Tania Mills walks out her front door and disappears. Twenty-seven years later her mother still prays for her return. DS Sarah Collins in the Met's Homicide Command is determined to find out what happened, but is soon pulled into a shocking new case and must once again work with a troubled young police officer from her past, Lizzie Griffiths. PC Lizzie Griffiths, now a training detective, is working in the Domestic Violence Unit, known by cops as the 'murder prevention squad'. Called to an incident of domestic violence, she encounters a vicious, volatile man - and a woman too frightened to ask for help. Soon Lizzie finds herself drawn into the centre of the investigation as she fights to protect a mother and daughter in peril. As both cases unfold, Sarah and Lizzie must survive the dangerous territory where love and violence meet.

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'There comes a time when all the people who mourn for you are also dead.' An intricate, gritty and believable crime novel about the disappearance of a teenage girl, from a serving detective in the Met's murder squad.

Sensational... A brilliant, high-octane crime novel, ringing with the hard-earned wisdom of a former cop. -- Tony Parsons An absorbing debut... The author vividly re-creates the everyday experience of uniformed police... The result is a complex novel that offers rare insights into how the police operate. Sunday Times on Post Mortem Knowledgeable, thoughtful, sensitive and well written. Literary Review on Post Mortem A complex, intelligent, thrilling crime novel by a debut author, from a real serving detective in the Metropolitan Police's murder squad. Weekend Sport on Post Mortem Intelligent, atmospheric, captivating - this book draws you in and doesn't let you go. A must read. Rosamund Lupton on Post Mortem

Kate London graduated from Cambridge University and moved to Paris where she trained in theatre. In 2006 Kate joined the Metropolitan Police Service. She finished her career working as part of a Major Investigation Team on SC&O1 - the Metropolitan Police Service's Homicide Command. She resigned from the MPS in August 2014. Her debut novel Post Mortem was published by Corvus in 2015.

General Fields

  • : 9781782396161
  • : Atlantic Books
  • : Corvus
  • : 0.562
  • : April 2017
  • : 234mm X 153mm X 30mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : April 2017
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : 416
  • : 823.92
  • : English
  • : Main
  • : Paperback
  • : Kate London