Excellent first book in this series and I'm looking forward to reading #2, which is waiting on my bookshelf. I enjoyed the flow of the story, the setting and ultimately the ending.
The mystery is well presented and investigated, with a suitable cast of suspects. I also enjoyed being introduced to boyfriend, Richard. She is every bit as enjoyable a character though and her boss, Bill, while somewhat subordinate in this story, is also smart and they work competently together. Kate has a much more stable life than Grace. Like Grace, Kate Brannigan is a competent, smart investigator. The story reminds me of another series I've been enjoying, Liz Evan's Grace Smith mystery series. Tragedy will result and change the course of Kate's investigation, her work causing friction with the Manchester police. Kate is a solid, smart detective and she is successful in finding Moira and reuniting her with Jett. Moira's life has hit a roadblock, drug (heroin) dependency, prostitution. Kate accepts the job and while still working on the fake watches, she also begins to look for Moira. At the same time, Jett hires Brannigan to find his ex-writing partner, Moira, who disappeared after the 2nd album. Jett's agent puts the kibosh on that by hiring another reporter to do the work. Brannigan's boyfriend Richard is a rock music reporter and has been promised the opportunity to write the auto-biography of a local musician, Jett. They have now gone to the point of pretending their fake watches are the real thing. Their current case is helping the police investigate a gang of criminals who specialize in selling fake high-end watches and other items. They specialize in white collar crime and security issues. Brannigan is a PI working out of Manchester UK.īrannigan works for Bill Mortensen as a junior partner in their firm. Dead Beat is the first book in her Kate Brannigan mystery series of six books.
Scottish author Val McDermid has been a number of crime series and I've enjoyed books from her Wire in the Blood series, her Karen Pirie series and her standalone books.
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