A couple this week from author, journalist and former BBC Newsnight presenter, Maureen Carter.
I've had a few from her Bev Morriss series on the pile for exactly 10 years and not read them yet. I bought the first three in this series on 20th November, 2008 Amazon helpfully tells me.
Hopefully it won't be another 10 years before I get to them!
Carter has written nine in her Bev Morriss series and five in her Sarah Quinn set of books. A lot of her work seems to be set in and around Birmingham, which is an area of the UK I've not encountered too often in my reading.
Her website is here.
She's on Facebook here
Catch her on Twitter - @getcarter4
Working Girls (2001)
Just 15 years old ... brutalised ... dumped in a park ... throat slashed. Schoolgirl prostitute Michelle Lucas died in agony and terror. The sight breaks the heart of DS Bev Morriss of West Midlands Police and a cold fury consumes her.
Plunging herself into the seedy heart of Birmingham's vice-land she struggles to infiltrate the deadly jungle of hookers, evil pimps and violent johns. But no one will break the wall of silence
When a second victim dies Bev has to take the most dangerous gamble of her life - out on the streets.
Dead Old (2005)
Elderly women are being attacked by a vicious group of thugs in Birmingham. When retired doctor Sophia Carrington is murdered, it's assumed she is the gang's latest victim. But detective Sargeant Bev Morris isn't convinced. She is sure the victim's past holds the key to her violent death: that it's a case of terrifying revenged served cold.
Working Girls - Amazon UK US CANADA AUSTRALIA
Dead Old - Amazon UK US CANADA AUSTRALIA
I hope you'll like Carter's work, Col. I think her Bev Morriss series is nicely done, with solid and interesting plots.
ReplyDeleteThanks Margot, I'm looking forward to it when I get there!
DeleteThese look good! I wonder if they've made it across the pond . . .
ReplyDeleteFingers crossed that they have!
DeleteMiss Kinberg has read at least one, so hopefully....
DeleteYes, but she's read virtually everything, whichever side of the pond it's been published.
DeleteTrue enough - and she remembers it all, which is uber-irritating!
DeleteBuy links please.
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DeleteI will have to try one of her books someday. And I look forward to your reviews.
ReplyDeleteDoes Margot know that you are talking about her?
I hope you like them Tracy.
DeleteHmm, don't know - maybe if she subscribes to comments?
Yes, I remember Margot mentioning these! She really has read everything.
ReplyDeleteThe woman who never sleeps.....I can't explain it otherwise.
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