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Why did investigative journalist Jamie Maxden die? The coroner says it was suicide. The case is closed. Only one man fights to re-open it. Will Applewood is sure Jamie was about to expose a scandal that would shame the British food industry. But Will is notorious for his conspiracy theories. No one listens to him. In despair he turns to his barrister, Trish Maguire. Will's campaign takes Trish deep into the countryside, revealing a world that seems quite different from the metropolitan life she knows. But human nature doesn't change - whatever the environment. Cruelty and intimidation can flourish in the ravishing landscape just as they do in the grimmest of inner-city housing estates. Moving between the two, trying to save lives and sanity, inexhaustable Trish is driven into a crusade - both personal and professional - that combines excitement, drama and agonising human tragedy.
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An ex-publisher, past Chair of the Crime Writers' Association, and lifelong Londoner, Natasha Cooper writes for a variety of newspapers and journals, including Crime Time and The Times Literary Supplement. She contributes to many radio programmes such as Woman's Hour and Saturday Review, and regularly speaks at crime-writing conferences on both sides of the Atlantic. She is the author of, among many others, FAULT LINES, PREY TO ALL and OUT OF THE DARK. In 2002 she was shortlisted for the Dagger in the Library, an award that 'goes to the author whose work has given most pleasure to readers'.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
"Keep Me Alive" is a rare thriller that combines high tension with a healthy dose of social comment that is critical to the plot (and therefore essential and un-self-conscious) whilst making the reader think about the world that we are living in. Natasha Cooper juggles the sub-plots perfectly - a David v Goliath courtroom drama, a search for rotten meat producers, a harrowing child abuse case - whilst inserting a couple of neat twists and blind alleys that keep the reader guessing to the end. Trish, the barrister heroine, is a well-drawn character who will, no doubt, be gracing our TV screens in due course. An urban novel that captures the stresses of rural hardship: really quite unusual.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
solid investigative legal thriller
29 Sep 2004
Format:Hardcover
In London barrister Trish Maguire works as Junior to Antony Shelley as they represent a group of small food producers in a "no win, no fee" breach of contract civil suit against the ruthlessly run giant Furbishers Food supermarket chain. The clients insist the chain tendered profitable contracts that led to the firms over extending themselves, but the supermarket giant acted in bad faith just enough to cause bankruptcy.
Meanwhile Trish and her friend Caro Lyalt suffer food poisoning from tainted sausage. This sends Will Applewood, who has the hots for Trish, to investigate the bad bangers. He traces a trail of spoiled carcasses sent from Kent to Normandy for processing, but a reporter covering the scam is murdered. Trish begins to have doubts about one of her clienst who seems to have either gone over the edge, but to verify this may prove deadly even as she works a second case involving child abuse.
KEEP ME ALIVE is an insightful look at the meat processing industry (at least in the European Union though America is probably similar) that will stun readers with the process. The story line is action-packed in and out of the court room so that the audience receives a solid investigative legal thriller in which the barrister may be the star but is not the prime investigator. Trish's second client adds depth as the barrister has to find time to do justice to both cases. Although allusions to Trish's past are sprinkled throughout the novel, these are never adequately explained so that the audience has no anchor. Still this is a fabulous exposé that will keep readers chewing long after finishing.
Harriet Klausner
Meanwhile Trish and her friend Caro Lyalt suffer food poisoning from tainted sausage. This sends Will Applewood, who has the hots for Trish, to investigate the bad bangers. He traces a trail of spoiled carcasses sent from Kent to Normandy for processing, but a reporter covering the scam is murdered. Trish begins to have doubts about one of her clienst who seems to have either gone over the edge, but to verify this may prove deadly even as she works a second case involving child abuse.
KEEP ME ALIVE is an insightful look at the meat processing industry (at least in the European Union though America is probably similar) that will stun readers with the process. The story line is action-packed in and out of the court room so that the audience receives a solid investigative legal thriller in which the barrister may be the star but is not the prime investigator. Trish's second client adds depth as the barrister has to find time to do justice to both cases. Although allusions to Trish's past are sprinkled throughout the novel, these are never adequately explained so that the audience has no anchor. Still this is a fabulous exposé that will keep readers chewing long after finishing.
Harriet Klausner
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Trish Maguire has her hands full.
12 Dec 2004
Format:Hardcover
Natasha Cooper's new Trish Maguire mystery, "Keep Me Alive," is a mixture of intrigue, action, and psychological suspense. Trish is a talented barrister who, along with her head of chambers, Antony Shelley, is trying a case on behalf of Will Applewood and other British food producers. Applewood and his fellow plaintiffs are claiming that a large supermarket chain breached a verbal contract with them. It is a complex and messy case, and Trish becomes more emotionally involved in the outcome than she should.
While her lover is away on holiday, Trish is living alone and loving it. However, her tranquility is shattered when she and a close friend, Caro, come down with a case of food poisoning. Trish gets off lightly, but Caro's case is quite serious and potentially life threatening. Trish also gets embroiled in the investigation of a journalist's mysterious death that may be tied to a scandal in the meat industry. Finally, Trish is asked to interview a little girl named Kim who may be the victim of serious abuse at home.
Natasha Cooper skillfully balances all of her plot elements and she fleshes out her characters with care. Trish comes across as supremely confident and self-contained, but when she interviews Kim, she remembers her own sad and damaging childhood. Trish understands only too well how this terrified little girl feels. Will Applewood, the plaintiff in Trish's case, is a vulnerable man whose livelihood hangs in the balance. If his court case fails, he is in danger of losing not only his income but also his dignity. Cooper focuses a great deal on Will and she brings a feeling of immediacy to his story that makes it seem real and poignant.
Cooper's dialogue is sharp, and whether her scenes take place in a courtroom or in a remote field with villainous thugs up to no good, she brings credibility to her writing. Natasha Cooper is a versatile author who is also a terrific storyteller, and "Keep Me Alive" is a fast moving and involving thriller.
While her lover is away on holiday, Trish is living alone and loving it. However, her tranquility is shattered when she and a close friend, Caro, come down with a case of food poisoning. Trish gets off lightly, but Caro's case is quite serious and potentially life threatening. Trish also gets embroiled in the investigation of a journalist's mysterious death that may be tied to a scandal in the meat industry. Finally, Trish is asked to interview a little girl named Kim who may be the victim of serious abuse at home.
Natasha Cooper skillfully balances all of her plot elements and she fleshes out her characters with care. Trish comes across as supremely confident and self-contained, but when she interviews Kim, she remembers her own sad and damaging childhood. Trish understands only too well how this terrified little girl feels. Will Applewood, the plaintiff in Trish's case, is a vulnerable man whose livelihood hangs in the balance. If his court case fails, he is in danger of losing not only his income but also his dignity. Cooper focuses a great deal on Will and she brings a feeling of immediacy to his story that makes it seem real and poignant.
Cooper's dialogue is sharp, and whether her scenes take place in a courtroom or in a remote field with villainous thugs up to no good, she brings credibility to her writing. Natasha Cooper is a versatile author who is also a terrific storyteller, and "Keep Me Alive" is a fast moving and involving thriller.
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