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'A worthy British response to Sarah Paretsky and Sue Grafton' Nottingham Evening Post
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After returning from the Easter break Sal Kilkenny is faced with three challenges: coping with her daughter's sudden reluctance to go to school, investigating offensive poison pen letters being sent to receptionist Lucy Barker and doing routine surveillance work for a couple who are looking for some background information to assist them in their house purchase. Unfortunately, as Sal prepares to stake out the streets, a cold snap plunges the country into arctic conditions. Her stress levels are not helped by the escalation of the campaign against Lucy Barker and her inability to nail the perpetrator who maddeningly avoids capture. On the home front, her daughter's continued unhappiness is troubling. And when Sal's normally mundane surveillance duties bring her face to face with a grim discovery and violent crime she's sure that it just can't get any worse before it gets better. Unluckily for Sal there is more than one surprise in store for her and a nightmarish sequence of events may well turn out to be a matter of life and death...Stylish, engrossing and emotional, "Bitter Blue" is the latest thrilling novel in the critically acclaimed series featuring Manchester private eye Sal Kilkenny.
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I ran like mad to reach my office: legs aching, lungs bursting, cheeks aflame, my bag banging against my hip. Read the first page
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The new Sal kilkenny novel from Cath Staincliffe is a stylish and gripping read. Sal has to deal with a mysterious, untrustworthy client who leads her into nailbiting complications. Staincliffe's immaculate style and crisp vision move expertly between the domestic and professional worlds of her private investigator and drive this novel in the way that her many fans have come to expect. A vivid and absorbing read that leaves you wanting more.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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An engrossing novel full of surprises and with a thrilling, packed plot with plenty to keep you enticed. With a combination of home-life and as a private detective, Cath Staincliffe's character of Sal Kilkenny is realistic and therefore a brilliant character to take us through this thrilling plot.
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Format:Hardcover
The best Sal Kilkenny book in the series so far. It all starts off quite innocently with Maddie refusing to go to school, and Sal investigating cases that include hate mail sent to a young woman, and preparing a neighbourhood report for a couple wanting to move into Didsbury. All these threads to the story finally intertwine and everything is explained to the reader.
Events start to pick up very quickly and the taut pace is just perfect. By the end of the book you are completely hooked. The end is very tense - that's all i will say dont want to spoil it.
Events start to pick up very quickly and the taut pace is just perfect. By the end of the book you are completely hooked. The end is very tense - that's all i will say dont want to spoil it.
Changes in Sal's home life are imminent and her relationship with Ray is definitely about to change. Again we are shown more of Manchester and the North-West as our heroine's work takes her all over the county.
All in all , a fantastic book by a fantastic author.
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Shockingly credible
This is one of the most convincing detective stories I've read - and I've read a lot. A main character in Sal Kilkenny who gets under our skin as we empathise with her. Read more
Published on 29 April 2009 by Georgina Faye
Bitter Blue
This was the first Cath Staincliffe book I had read. I normally am able to gauge whether I will enjoy a novel after reading the first paragraph. Read more
Published on 14 Oct 2003
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