The Unquiet Dead

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Jessie Driver returns in the second of this fresh, streetwise London-based series from 'the new Mistress of Thrillers' Sunday Express The decaying Marshall Street Baths in the heart of Soho are a den for drug-users and the homeless -- the perfect hang-out for a teenage runaway. But when DI Jessie Driver goes there in search of a missing girl, she finds something quite different: the mummified body of a man, buried in the rat-infested basement. Who was he? And how does this murder relate to the tragic drowning of a young boy years earlier? Jessie's investigation takes her on a journey through the past -- the kidnapping of a little girl; the descent into madness of a bereaved father -- but the dangers she'll face are very much in the present.

Gay Longworth is a full-time writer. She lives in London with her husband, theatre producer Adam Spiegel, and their daughter.

Reviews for Gay Longworth's Jessie Driver novels: 'The real mistress of thrillers' Sunday Express 'Filled with wit and suspense' The Times 'Dead Alone is packed with suspense and well drawn characters. Gripping stuff' Women's Way 'Gay Longworth has written a taut thriller that is crying out for the TV treatment. One for the sisters' Ireland on Sunday 'A classy, extremely proficient debut for Longworth, with solid plotting, believable CID rivalries, and an admirable heroine in Jessie' Kirkus 'So realistic and gripping, it's enough to make you re-think your whole career' Jamie Theakston