A young woman with a pushchair spotted teetering on the edge of a steep rock face on the Staffordshire moors draws Joanna Piercy into a disturbing new case.
A young woman is moving dangerously close to the edge of the rock face, pushing a stroller with a child strapped in it towards the steep drop. She has blood on her clothes. Is she a victim or a would-be killer?
Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy takes on the case when a walker discovers the pair, but the young woman is mute. Is she traumatized or unwilling to speak? Was she about to commit a terrible crime?
As the questions mount, forensic psychiatrist Dr Claire Roget is called in to help. Can she persuade the woman to talk? Joanna desperately needs a breakthrough. But when it comes, her investigation takes a shocking turn . . .
Priscilla Masters is the author of the popular DI Joanna Piercy series, as well as the successful Martha Gunn novels and a series of forensic psychiatrist mysteries featuring Dr Claire Roget. She lives near the Shropshire/Staffordshire border. A retired respiratory nurse, Priscilla has two grown-up sons and two grandsons.
Title: Almost a Whisper: 15 (A Joanna Piercy Mystery)
Author: Masters, Priscilla
ISBN: 9781448307210
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Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Publication Date: 2022-08-25
Number of Pages: 240
Weight: 0.5051 kg
A riveting police procedural focusing on guilt, frustration, and the many varieties of love * Kirkus Reviews *
An absorbing, character-driven police procedural with some provocative twists * Kirkus Reviews on Blood on the Rocks *
Well-plotted . Fans of character-driven police procedurals will be rewarded * Publishers Weekly on Blood on the Rocks *
Tantalizing . Piercy's search for the truth takes her from a tidy but sterile suburban home into a seedier, sadder, and more threatening world * Publishers Weekly on Crooked Street *
A tightly plotted mystery ... sharply drawn characters ... intriguing story * Booklist on Crooked Street *
Briskly paced . Readers will enjoy the neatly turned surprise ending * Publishers Weekly on Guilty Waters *