Red Light
an absolutely gripping and gritty Katie Maguire thriller, part of the unmissable must-read series for 2025
Published on 5. June 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-1-78185-677-2 (ISBN)
Description
Somewhere in the city of Cork, a woman's cry echoes through the rainy streets.
On a bloodstained mattress in a grimy flat, a burly man lies dead. A terrified girl kneels over his body. She has been trapped here for three days. It doesn't take DS Katie Maguire long to identify the murder victim: he's a cruel and powerful pimp she's been trying to convict for years.
It's Katie's job to catch the killer. But with men like this dead, the city is safer - and so are the frightened young women who are trafficked into Cork. When a second pimp is horrifically murdered, Katie must decide. Should she do her job, or follow her conscience? Should she allow the killer to strike again?
On a bloodstained mattress in a grimy flat, a burly man lies dead. A terrified girl kneels over his body. She has been trapped here for three days. It doesn't take DS Katie Maguire long to identify the murder victim: he's a cruel and powerful pimp she's been trying to convict for years.
It's Katie's job to catch the killer. But with men like this dead, the city is safer - and so are the frightened young women who are trafficked into Cork. When a second pimp is horrifically murdered, Katie must decide. Should she do her job, or follow her conscience? Should she allow the killer to strike again?
Reviews / Votes
One of the most original and frightening storytellers of our time -- Peter James A natural storyteller with a unique gift for turning the mundane into the terrifyingly real * New York Journal of Books * One of the few true masters -- James Herbert One of this country's most exciting crime novelists... he has established the engaging character of Irish Detective Superintendent Katie Maguire in a series of three fine crime novels' * Daily Mail * This is a tough and gritty thriller with an attractively feisty principle character * Irish Independent * I loved this book... If you have a strong stomach and like your crime in your face then this series is for you but you must start from book one as they follow Maguire's life and career. I highly recommend them' * Caliburnus Rises *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 145 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78185-677-2 (9781781856772)
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Graham Masterton
Red Light
An Absolutely Gripping and Gritty Katie Maguire Thriller, Part of the Unmissable Must-Read Series for 2025
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06/2014
1st Edition
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Graham Masterton was a bestselling horror writer who has now turned his talent to crimewriting. He lived in Cork for five years, an experience that inspired the Katie Maguire series.