Begging to Die
an absolutely gripping and gritty thriller, part of the unmissable must-read Katie Maguire thriller series for 2025
Published on 7. February 2019
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-1-78497-647-7 (ISBN)
Description
AN ABANDONED CHILD
A young girl has been found in a deserted cemetery. She speaks a foreign language, and she cries for her mother. But nobody claims her. Nobody knows who she is.
A MURDERED BEGGAR
On the streets of Cork, homeless men and women are being murdered. It's up to DS Katie Maguire to find out.
A CRUSADER AGAINST CRUELTY
Katie's fiance is embroiled in a dangerous battle: against illegal dog fighting, a black market run by Ireland's most fearsome gangs.
When the investigations collide, who will Katie save first? She knows that for those left behind, there's only one choice:
START BEGGING TO DIE.
A young girl has been found in a deserted cemetery. She speaks a foreign language, and she cries for her mother. But nobody claims her. Nobody knows who she is.
A MURDERED BEGGAR
On the streets of Cork, homeless men and women are being murdered. It's up to DS Katie Maguire to find out.
A CRUSADER AGAINST CRUELTY
Katie's fiance is embroiled in a dangerous battle: against illegal dog fighting, a black market run by Ireland's most fearsome gangs.
When the investigations collide, who will Katie save first? She knows that for those left behind, there's only one choice:
START BEGGING TO DIE.
Reviews / Votes
PRAISE FOR THE KATIE MAGUIRE SERIES:'One of this country's most exciting crime novelists... if you have not read one, read them all now' Daily Mail.
'A first-class thriller, written with style... readers who don't know the Maguire novels should change that right now' Booklist.
'A tough and gritty thriller with an attractively feisty principle character' * Irish Independent *
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions
Height: 154 mm
Width: 234 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
678 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78497-647-7 (9781784976477)
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Graham Masterton
Begging to Die
An Absolutely Gripping and Gritty Thriller, Part of the Unmissable Must-Read Katie Maguire Thriller Series for 2025
E-Book
12/2018
1st Edition
Head of Zeus
€5.99
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Person
Graham Masterton trained as a newspaper reporter before beginning a career as an author. After twenty-five years writing horror and thrillers, Graham turned his talent to crimewriting. The first book in the Katie Maguire series, White Bones, was published by Head of Zeus in 2012 and became a top-ten bestseller. The series was inspired by Graham's five-year stay in County Cork.