Burnout
β Scribed by Claire MacLeary
- Publisher
- Saraband
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 172 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1912235129
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β¦ Synopsis
By the author of McIlvanney-prize-listed Cross Purpose.
"My husband is trying to kill me": a new client gets straight to the point. This is a whole new ball game for Maggie Laird, who is trying to rebuild her late husband's detective agency and clear his name. Her partner, "Big" Wilma, sees the case as a non-starter, but Maggie is drawn in.
With her client's life on the line, Maggie must get to the ugly truth that lies behind Aberdeen's closed doors. But who knows what really goes on between husbands and wives? And will the agency's reputation β and Maggie and Wilma's friendship β remain intact?
"MacLeary has a great ear for dialogue and her witty and often gritty prose evokes a strong sense of place and an authenticity that really makes this book sing ... It's not often you get such strong advocacy of and for women in the context of a crime novel but that's what makes this such an engrossing read." Live and...
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