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Val McDermid
Kick Back
Book #2 of the Kate Brannigan Mysteries series
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Kick Back

The second gripping thriller in the Kate Brannigan series, from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Val McDermid.

‘No one can plot or tell a story like McDermid’ – Express

PI Kate Brannigan is hired to investigate a series of strange financial scams across Manchester. At first it looks like a discrepancy with the paperwork, but the deeper Kate digs, the murkier the case becomes. Before longs she’s up to her neck in crooked land deals – and murder – and her own life is on the line…

Author: Val McDermid
Published: 1993
Page Count: 288

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