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Murder by Fraud
2002
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340
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A CRIME THRILLER WITH A COMPELLING DETECTIVE WHO WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO BRING THE MOST VICIOUS CRIMINALS TO JUSTICE. Please note this book was first published as WILL POWER. British Detective Kate Power struggles to keep her personal life together while investigating a difficult cold case . . . Still trying to find her feet in Birmingham, Kate is back in the Fraud Squad. It’s under-staffed, under-funded and under the leadership of a hostile boss who seems to actively dislike her. Kate lands the driest, most unexciting case ever—until a member of the public brings new evidence: a will has been forged by a man who is set to inherit millions. The case is far from clear cut, and the investigation is hampered by Kate’s boss. But then things take off. Now investigating three deaths relating to the will, Kate must solve the cold case and figure out how to jump-start her personal life before everything comes crashing down around her . . . Set in the late 90s in England’s second city, this is the fourth in a series of compulsively readable crime thrillers. KATE POWER Personal tragedy cut short Kate Power’s promising career in the Met. A sergeant at thirty, she’s returned to bustling, bright Birmingham with the promise of a fresh start with the CID there, new friends and a house her great aunt has given her. Sadly it's the home from hell, with a garden to match. The new job brings its own problems: clearly the Birmingham force still has some officers who believe women’s sole purpose is to mop up harassment.

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Judith Cutler
Judith Cutler
Author · 46 books
Judith Cutler was born and bred in the Midlands, and revels in using her birthplace, with its rich cultural life, as a background for her novels. After a long stint as an English lecturer at a run-down college of further education, Judith, a prize-winning short-story writer, has taught Creative Writing at Birmingham University, has run occasional writing course elsewhere (from a maximum security prison to an idyltic Greek island) and ministered to needy colleagues in her role as Secretary of the Crime Writers' Association.
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