Who knows when a killer will call? Eleven months after discovering a brutal double murder in a sleepy Northumbrian village, Detective Chief Inspector Kate Daniels is still haunted by her failure to solve the case. Then the vicious killing of a man on Newcastle's Quayside gives Daniels her first case as Senior Investigating Officer and a second chance to get it right. When Daniels recognizes the corpse but fails to disclose the fact, her personal life suddenly collides into her professional life. And - even worse than this - she is now being watched. As Daniels steps closer to finding a killer, a killer is only a breath away from claiming his next victim . . . 'Brutal and engaging. Mari Hannah writes with a sharp eye and a dark heart' Peter James 'A satisfyingly meaty read' Guardian Follow Mari Hannah on Twitter at twitter.com/ mariwriter www.marihannah.com

Starting with The Murder Wall, which won the Polari First Book Prize, Mari Hannah’s series of crime fiction novels featuring DCI Kate Daniels have garnered critical acclaim. Described by The Times as ‘a Northerner to join the roster of top literary detectives’, Daniels tackles the most difficult of cases in Newcastle and Northumbria. A former probation officer, with special insight into the workings of the police, Mari has been shortlisted for the CWA Dagger in the Library award and was Reader in Residence for the 2016 Harrogate International Crime Writing Festival.