Believe No One (DI Kate Simms) - Tapa dura

Detective Chief Inspector Kate Simms is in the United States on sabbatical with St Louis PD. She is working with a 'method swap' team, reviewing cold cases, sharing expertise. Simms came to the US to escape fallout from her previous investigation working with forensic expert Professor Nick Fennimore. However Fennimore also happens to be in the States on a book tour and is engineering his trip to get down to St Louis - the last thing Simms wants . . .

But a call for help from a sheriff's deputy in Oklahoma distracts the professor: a mother dead, her child gone. Fennimore's quick mind rapidly gets to work, and gradually draws the conclusion this might not an isolated case. How many other young mothers have been killed, their murders unsolved, their children unaccounted for - and what of Simms' cold case in St Louis for instance?

In Believe No One, A. D. Garrett delivers a gripping sequel to match Everyone Lies, where the chills race in the heat in America's mid-West. And once again the tension rises to match the climbing temperature between the dynamic pairing of Simms and Fennimore.

Praise for A. D. Garrett and Everyone Lies

'A throat-clutcher from page one . . . a pulse pounding thriller, which weaves expertly between evil on the streets and the dark side of police department politics . . . complex, compelling and just plain marvelous.' Jeffery Deaver

'Awesome . . . what A. D. Garrett doesn't understand about forensic science and its applications isn't worth knowing. Ditto characterization, plot and pace. A sterling debut.' Mo Hayder

'This is thriller writing at its best: prose that's startling in its page and clarity, characters who come to life immediately and the bonus of knowing that all the forensic details are entirely accurate.' Ann Cleeves

[barcode]