The listing, Blue Genes Val McDermid has ended.
Kate Brannon , Manchester's tough-talking crime - stalking PI isn't having a good day. She's having a bad week. The worst week of her life. Her boyfriend's obituary is in the newspaper, her plans to capture a team of heartless crooks ate in disarray, and a Celtic neo-punk band under siege wants her to rescue them from saboteur who are trashing their posters and their gigs. As if that isn't enough, her professional future is on the line. Her business partnner has fallen in love with an Australian and want her to buy him out so he can emigrate Down Under. Fine, except that private eyes with principals never have that kind of cash. Kate can't even cry on her best friend's shoulder because ace crime reporter Alexis has a few worries of her own. Her girlfriend Chris is pregnant, and when someone involved in her pioneering and illegal fertility treatment is murdered. Alexis needs Kate as she's never needed her before. So what's a girl to do? Delving into the alien world of medical experimentation and the underbelly of the rock music business, Kate confronts betrayal and cold -blooded greed as she fights to save not only her livelihood but her life. Fast and furious , hi tech and high gloss, Kate Br annigan battles her way through a minefield of mayhem to make fifth outing her sharpest , sassiest, and smartest ever.(This is a hardcover book and in good condition it's a used book)