Val McDermid: Crack Down (UK 2019)

From the Publisher:
The third stunning thriller in the Kate Brannigan series, from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Val McDermid.
'This is crime writing of the very highest order' The Times

Manchester-based private eye Kate Brannigan thought it would be safe to let her boyfriend help out with her investigation. But now he's behind bars and she's been left caring for his eight-year-old son.

Soon Kate finds herself drawn into the world of drug traffickers, child pornographers, and violent gangland enforcers - bringing her face to face with death in the most terrifying investigation of her career.

Val McDermid: Crack Down. A Kate Brannigan Thriller. HarperCollins, ISBN 9780008344917 (November, 2019), 307 p., £8.99.

Val McDermid: Crack Down & Clean Break (USA 2018)

From the Publisher:
There was only one reason Manchester-based private eye Kate Brannigan was prepared to let her boyfriend help out with the investigation into a car sales fraud nothing bad could happen. In Crack Down, Kate learns that once again with Richard you have to expect the unexpected.

With the unexpected being Richard behind bars, Kate seems to be the obvious choice to look after his eight-year-old son who proves even more troublesome than his father. She soon finds herself dragged into a world of drug traffickers, child pornographers, fraudsters and violent gangland enforcers, bringing her face to face with death in the most terrifying investigation of her career.

And in Clean Break, Manchester-based private eye Kate Brannigan is not amused when thieves have the audacity to steal a Monet from a stately home where she's arranged security. She's even less thrilled when the hunt for the thieves drags her on a treacherous foray across Europe as she goes head to head with organized crime. And as if that isn't enough, a routine industrial case starts leaving a trail of bodies across the Northwest, giving Kate more problems than she can deal with.

Cleaning up the mess in Clean Break forces Kate to confront harsh truths in her own life as she battles with a testing array of villains in a case that stretches love and loyalty to the limits.

Val McDermid: Crack Down & Clean Break. Kate Brannigan Series Vol. 2. Grove Paperback, ISBN 9780802128300 (July, 2018), 512 p., $17.00, eBook $10.49.

Val McDermid: Crack Down (USA 2006)

From the Publisher:
When Kate and her boyfriend Richard, a rock music critic, go undercover to get the goods on a car dealership fraud, she isn't prepared for the volcano of trouble that erupts, sending Richard to jail. Now, Kate's only got three days to prove Richard is an innocent victim, caught in the driver's seat of a dangerous theft ring that takes no prisoners.

Val McDermid: Crack Down. Bywater Books, ISBN 1932859209 (September, 2006), 248 S., $13.95.

Val McDermid: Crack Down (UK 1995)

From the Publisher:
There was only one reason Manchester-based private eye Kate Brannigan was prepared to let her boyfriend help out with an investigation into a car sales fraud - nothing bad could happen. But by now Kate should know that with Richard you have to expect the unexpected.

With the unexpected being Richard behind bars, Kate seems to be the obvious choice to look after his eight-year-old son - who proves even more troublesome than his father. Kate finds herself dragged into a world of drug traffickers, child pornographers, fraudsters and violent gangland enforcers bringing her face to face with death in the most terrifying investigation of her career.

Val McDermid: Crack Down. HarperCollins, ISBN 0006490085 (February, 1995), 224 S., £6.99.