Blood Money

Detective Sergeant Bev Morriss is in a very dark place, as personal tragedy pushes her close to self-destruction. Both colleagues and friends have started to give her a wide berth. Although battling her demons, Bev is still a cop, and there are villains to battle as well. Enter the Sandman, a vicious serial burglar who wears a clown mask and plays mind-games with his victims. As the violence spirals into abduction, blackmail and murder, the bad guys soon discover Bev is in no mood to play. ""Carter's well-crafted sixth mystery set in Birmingham.... A stong narrative voice and easy to understand slang make this more accessible to U.S. readers than a lot of contemporary British police novels.""-Publishers Weekly ""No shrinking violet is our Bev. The detection and characterization are also very good.""-Deadly Pleasures ""What a dazzling complex plot this is and the patter is a scream.""-I Love a Mystery