The first in a series of crime novels starring the magnificent Catherine Berlin, a civilian investigator whose long-standing heroin addiction is only part of her story.
On a bone-chilling February morning, Catherine Berlin, investigator with the Financial Services Agency, finds the almost-headless body of her informant, 'Juliet Bravo', rolling in a shallow reach of the Thames. That Juliet Bravo's death is linked to an investigation of local loan shark Archie Doyle is no surprise to Berlin, but when Berlin's own unorthodox methods are blamed for the murder, she realises bigger predators are circling.
To start with, it looks as though Berlin will pay only with her job. And then, on a routine trip to her GP (one of a dying breed who will still prescribe heroin to long-term addicts), she stumbles across a second body.
Suspended, incriminated, and then blackmailed into cooperation by the detective leading the murder investigation, Catherine Berlin has seven stolen days of clarity in which to solve the crime - and find a new supplier.
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Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
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Published: 24/05/2012
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ISBN: 9781448107421
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Length: 272 Pages
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RRP: £7.99
Reviews
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This is powerful and uncompromising fare from an intriguing writer.
The Good Book Guide
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[A] blood-soaked world of corruption and abuse updated for the 21st century... Berlin is both tough and fragile but far from stereotypical... Her closest relative in modern fiction is the alcoholic DCI Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect. Catch the wave now, while it’s building.
Times
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With meticulous detail and great character depth, In Her Blood is an assured start to Hauxwell’s career as a novelist.
Ellie de Rose, Irish Examiner
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A stylishly written and assuredly paced debut that heralds a promising new series.
David Evans, The Financial Times
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The writing is sharp and suspenseful, the plot engaging, the characters enthralling. I’m hooked on Annie Hauxwell and hanging out for my next fix.
Angela Savage, Radio National Books and Arts Daily
