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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Kate used to run an investigation agency but is now an international journalist. On her return to England, she is threatened, and she starts to investigate why. From Chelsea to Hackney, King's Cross and Kingston, the trail leads her into the danger zones of the city, both rich and poor.
Who knows that Kate Baeier is back in London
Who wants her gone so badly
What is everyone- even her former sleuthing partner- hiding from her
Still raw with grief over the death of Sam, her lover, Kate finds herself the target of inexplicable threats and then violence. Has her last abandoned case- its tendrils of corruption reaching from Hackney to Chelsea- come back to haunt her Witty, dark and classy, this fast-moving thriller doesn't finish until the devastating truth is hounded down by the unstoppable Kate.
Praise for Catnap
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Slovo is at her brilliant best, graphically patrolling Kate through streets mean and up-market to a last muted hurray. - THE SUNDAY TIMES
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Gritty and headstrong, with a nice line in self-depriciating wit and exposed emotions, Baeier is one of the most appealing feminist heroines around. - THE TIMES
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Brilliantly evokes a growing sense of menace. - NEW SOCIETY
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This fast-moving thriller keeps the actions going right until the final pages. - WALES ON SUNDAY
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