Book description
Jackie Malone has been murdered. Her body lies in a pool of blood in
the north London flat where she worked as a prostitute. Deep knife
wounds have been gouged into her corpse and her hands and feet are
tied with coat hanger wire.
For Detective Inspector Jack Delaney this is no ordinary case. He
was a friend of Jackie's and she left desperate messages on his answer
phone just hours before she was killed. Despite no immediate leads and
no obvious suspects, the fear in her voice tells him that this was not
a random act of violence.
Just as Delaney begins his investigation, a young girl is reported
missing, feared abducted, and he is immediately tasked with finding
her. Delaney knows he must act quickly if there is any chance of
finding her alive, but he is also determined to track down Jackie's
killer before the trail goes cold. However, his tough and
uncompromising attitude has made him some powerful enemies on the
force, and Delaney soon finds that this case may provide the perfect
opportunity for them to dispose of him, once and for all...
For the last ten years Mark Pearson has worked as a full-time
television scriptwriter on a variety of shows for the BBC and ITV,
including
Doctors
,
Holby
City
and
The Bill
. He lives in Norfolk.
Hard Evidence
is his first novel and he is currently writing
Blood Work
, the second book in the Jack Delaney series, which will be published by
Arrow in August 2009.
