Death in a Far Country

The dark of the night. Two girls are running for their lives. Terrified, one falls and, unable to get up, she forces her friend to go on without her, to save herself. For her, there is no escape as their attackers close in…When the body of an unidentified young girl is found in the canal, DCI Thakeray is put on the case. Meanwhile, Thackeray’s girlfriend, Laura Ackroyd, is reporting on the controversial appointment of a female chairman at the town’s football club. It seems some people are prepared to stoop to any depths to force her out.Thackeray and Ackroyd soon suspect their two inquiries are linked, but as Laura becomes more involved in her case, does she risk putting Thackeray’s job – and her life – in danger?Review'Well-observed characters, a thoroughly modern theme... A fine achievement.' REGINALD HILL 'What Raymond Chandler did for the mean streets of LA, Patricia Hall is busy doing for Bradford' TELEGRAPH AND ARGUS 'A thoughtful and well-written novel, with believable characters and a hard-to-solve mystery' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH About the AuthorPATRICIA HALL is the pen-name of journalist Maureen O'Connor. She was born and brought up in West Yorkshire, which is where she chose to set her acclaimed series of novels featuring reporter Laura Ackroyd and DCI Michael Thackeray. She is married, with two grown-up sons, and now lives in Oxford.