Deadly Deceit

By Mari Hannah

Deadly Deceit is Mari Hannah's third gripping crime novel featuring DCI Kate Daniels.

Four a.m. on a wet stretch of the A1 and a driver skids out of control. Quick on the scene, Senior Investigating Officer Kate Daniels and partner DS Hank Gormley are presented with a horrifying image of carnage and mayhem that quickly becomes one of the worst road traffic accidents in Northumberland’s history. But as the casualties mount up, they soon realize that not all deaths were as a result of the accident . . .

On the other side of town a house goes up in flames, turning its two inhabitants into charred corpses. Seemingly unconnected with the traffic accident, Kate sets about investigating both incidences separately. But it soon becomes apparent that all is not what it seems, and Kate and her colleagues are always one step behind a ruthless killer who will stop at nothing to get what they want.

Continue the criminal investigation series with Monument to Murder.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• Release date: Apr 11, 2013
• ISBN: 9780230768321

Mari Hannah

Mari Hannah, the award-winning author of three novels featuring detective Kate Daniels, was born in London and moved north as a child. Her career as a probation officer was cut short when she was injured while on duty, and thereafter she spent several years as a film/television screenwriter. She now lives in Northumberland with her partner, an ex-murder detective. She was the winner of the 2010 Northern Writers' Award and the 2013 Polari First Book Prize and longlisted for the CWA 2014 Dagger in the Library Award. Recently the Kate Daniels series was optioned for television in the UK.

Reviews for Deadly Deceit

[edwardsgt · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A gripping story with multiple plot lines and a range of believable characters. The short chapters format encourages the reader to keep reading just another chapter.