Best of British Crime/Kate Brannigan

Jett, a friend of Richard Barclay, Kate's rock journalist mate, hires Kate to find his long-lost love and lyricist. She sees a chance to extend her firm's current work on counterfeit products into the lucrative field of rock rip-offs, so she makes the time to chase up Moira.

Six weeks later Moira is dead (you knew that would happen, yes?) and now Kate must find the person who killed Moira while juggling counterfeiters, Jett's snappish entourage, and 'plod' Clive Jackson.

Categories: crime, female private investigator (P.I.), murder / mystery / counterfeit / schneid

Someone is stealing conservatories -- not the easiest thing to do. Brannigan investigates MCS (Missing Conservatory Syndrome). crime, female private investigator (P.I.), murder/mystery

Brannigan met boyfriend Richard when he bumbled in the way of an investigation, but why not let him help a foolproof investigation.

She finds herself with Richard in jail, his eight-year-old, drug traffickers, child pornographers, fraudsters and violent enforcers. Categories: crime, female private investigator (P.I.), murder/mystery

"I don't know much about art, but I know what I don't like. I don't like paintings that go walkabout after I've set up the security system."

Kate's partner is off in the Antipodes leaving her to find the Monet stolen out from under a client's newly-installed security system.

Proving that science is stranger than fiction, Kate's friends Alexis and Chris need her help.

Reviewed by Ali Kayn in Festivale

Brannigan must act as bodyguard to a diva from the local soap opera.

Meanwhile, will love take Bill from the firm, and can Kate make a go of it on her own?

This story draws on McDermid's own experiences as a journalist.

The stories of real life female private investigators who Val McDermid has encountered in her travels and research A wonderful insight into the profession, not to mention some well-known cases.

Reviewed by Ali Kayn