Blue Genes (PI Kate Brannigan, Book 5)

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A riveting Kate Brannigan thriller, from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Val McDermid. 'Val McDermid remains unrivalled' Observer Kate Brannigan's having a bad week. Her boyfriend's death notice is in the paper and her plan to catch a team of fraudsters is in disarray. Kate can't even cry on her best friend's shoulder, for Alexis has worries of her own. Her girlfriend's pregnant, and when the doctor responsible for the fertility treatment is murdered, Alexis needs Kate like she's never done before. Delving into the alien world of medical experimentation, Kate confronts betrayal and cold-blooded greed as she fights to save not only her livelihood, but her life as well...

Val McDermid grew up in a Scottish mining community 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. She divides her time between Northumberland and Cheshire.

'One of my favourite authors' Sara Paretsky 'Kate Brannigan is truly welcome... she is refreshingly funny' Daily Mail 'This is crime writing of the very highest order' Marcel Berlins, The Times 'McDermid packs it all into 237 highly readable pages' Natasha Cooper, TLS 'A powerful sense of place and the usual flak of misanthropic one-liners' Literary Review Praise for Val McDermid: 'No one rivals Val McDermid's skill at writing truly terrifying thrillers' Good Housekeeping 'The real mistress of psychological gripping thrillers' Daily Express 'McDermid's capacity to enter the warped mind of a deviant criminal is shiveringly convincing' The Times 'Val McDermid is undoubtedly the queen of British crime' Observer 'McDermid's expertly juggled plotlines and masterful handling of pace and tension tick all the best boxes' Guardian 'The queen of crime is still at the top of her game' Independent 'One of today's most accomplished crime writers' Literary Review 'Her writing is never less than excellent' Crime Time