Good Girls Don't Die
a gripping serial killer thriller with jaw-dropping twists
Published on 9. October 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-1-78206-766-5 (ISBN)
Description
'Grace Fisher ... is beautifully authentic and reliably flawed' Liz Loves Books
'Fisher is a great heroine - resourceful and resilient' CrimeThrillerFella
Sometimes the danger is too close to see. A dark and gripping crime thriller introducing DI Grace Fisher.
Press intrusion and a bullying and misogynistic police culture complicate the hunt for a serial killer in the first of a new crime series from #1 Kindle bestselling author Isabelle Grey.
Labelled a trouble maker for grassing up a fellow officer and driven brutally out of home and job, DI Grace Fisher is thankful to survive some dark times and find haven with the Major Investigation Team in Essex. Any hopes of a quiet start to her new life are shattered by the discovery of the body of a female university student, last seen at a popular bar in Colchester. Grace has her first case.
When a second student, also out drinking, is murdered and left grotesquely posed, the case becomes headline news.
Someone is leaking disturbing details to a tabloid crime reporter. threatening Grace's investigation and even her job. Is it the killer? Or a detective close to the case?
With another victim dead, and under siege by the media, the murder inquiry hits a dead end. The review team brought in to shake things up is headed by Grace's old DCI. Will tribal loyalties stop her getting to the truth?
'Fisher is a great heroine - resourceful and resilient' CrimeThrillerFella
Sometimes the danger is too close to see. A dark and gripping crime thriller introducing DI Grace Fisher.
Press intrusion and a bullying and misogynistic police culture complicate the hunt for a serial killer in the first of a new crime series from #1 Kindle bestselling author Isabelle Grey.
Labelled a trouble maker for grassing up a fellow officer and driven brutally out of home and job, DI Grace Fisher is thankful to survive some dark times and find haven with the Major Investigation Team in Essex. Any hopes of a quiet start to her new life are shattered by the discovery of the body of a female university student, last seen at a popular bar in Colchester. Grace has her first case.
When a second student, also out drinking, is murdered and left grotesquely posed, the case becomes headline news.
Someone is leaking disturbing details to a tabloid crime reporter. threatening Grace's investigation and even her job. Is it the killer? Or a detective close to the case?
With another victim dead, and under siege by the media, the murder inquiry hits a dead end. The review team brought in to shake things up is headed by Grace's old DCI. Will tribal loyalties stop her getting to the truth?
Reviews / Votes
Assured, convincing and especially good on . . . the delicate - and often dodgy - nature of the relationship between the police and the press * Guardian * An absorbing, well-written whodunnit set in a corner of the world as it actually is in the year 2014 * Literary Review * Absolutely convincing, sad, touching - and horrifying too * N J Cooper * This fast-moving novel combines clever plot twists with a surprising delicacy of feeling * Sunday Times *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
303 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78206-766-5 (9781782067665)
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Additional editions
E-Book
10/2014
1st Edition
Quercus
€3.99
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Person
Isabelle Grey is a television screenwriter whose credits include Jimmy McGovern's BAFTA award-winning Accused: Tina's Story as well as over thirty-five episodes of Midsomer Murders, Casualty, Rosemary and Thyme, The Bill and Wycliffe. She has also written non-fiction and been a magazine editor and freelance journalist. Isabelle's previous novels include two psychological thrillers, The Bad Mother and Out Of Sight as well as four books in the DI Grace Fisher series, Good Girls Don't Die, Shot Through the Heart,The Special Girls and Wrong Way Home. Isabelle grew up in Manchester and now lives in south east London.