The Sunday Times Bestsellera Brutal Murder. A Detective With No One Left To Trust.steiner Solidified The Promise Of Last Years Debut, Missing, Presumed, With Another Hyper-realistic Police Procedural Guardian: Books Of The Year 2017a Young Man Murdereda City Banker Bleeds To Death Yards From A Cambridgeshire Police Headquarters.a Detective Out Of Her Depthdi Manon Bradshaws World Is Turned Upside Down When The Victim Turns Out To Be Closer To Her Than She Could Have Guessed.who Should She Believe?when Even Her Trusted Colleagues Turn Their Backs On Her, Its Time To Contemplate The Unthinkable: Are Those She Holds Dear Capable Of Murder?manon Bradshaw Is Back.-''steiner Has A Quirky, Evocative Prose Style That Is Often Very Funny And Her Novels Are Highly Entertaining And Full Of Memorable, Well-rounded Characters'' Sunday Express''bradshaw Is An Engaging Heroine, Full Of Self-doubt And Contradiction, But Whose Caustic Wit Gleams Through The Grim Murder Inquiry'' Daily Mail''winning Prose, Sympathetic Characters And An Appreciation Of Lifes Joys As Keen As A Knowledge Of Its Dangers'' Wall Street Journalan Ingeniously And Extravagantly Plotted, Multi-voiced Thrillride Wise And Witty Beautifully Written Irish Timesi Loved It Persons Unknown Is Like Walking On Quicksand, For Reader And Detective Alike'' Val Mcdermid''a Smart And Funny Rumination On Motherhood'' New York Times''strikingly Modernit Is Refreshing To See A Detective Grappling With Real Life Dilemmas But They Never Get In The Way Of The Plot, Which Is Clever And Original. A Series To Watch From A Confident Writer Who Draws Even Minor Characters With Care And Sympathy'' Sunday Timesby Turns Tense And Tender, Gripping And Moving, And Always Beautifully Written.