Crack Down (Kate Brannigan Series #3)

“Plot, characterization, pace are all first-rate, and the bouncy Brannigan is one of the most likeable of all today’s PIs.”—The Sunday Telegraph (London)

Kate Brannigan finds herself dragged into a world of drug traffickers, child pornographers, and violent gangland enforcers, bringing her face to face with death in the most terrifying investigation of her career.

When Kate and her boyfriend Richard, a rock music critic, go undercover to get the goods on a car dealership fraud, she isn't prepared for the volcano of trouble that erupts, sending Richard to jail. Now, Kate's only got three days to prove Richard is an innocent victim, caught in the driver's seat of a dangerous theft ring that takes no prisoners.

"Plot, characterization, pace are all first-rate, and the bouncy Brannigan is one of the most likeable of all today's PIs."-The Sunday Telegraph (London)

Kate Brannigan finds herself dragged into a world of drug traffickers, child pornographers, and violent gangland enforcers, bringing her face to face with death in the most terrifying investigation of her career.

Val McDermid grew up in Kirkcaldy on the east coast of Scotland, then read English at Oxford. She was a journalist for sixteen years, spending the last three as Northern Bureau Chief of a national Sunday tabloid. Now a full-time writer, she divides her time between Manchester and Northumberland.