New Bites: Harry Bingham - Talking to the Dead

Talking to the Dead by Harry Bingham came out three days ago.



A
mesmerizing and thrilling novel-perfect for fans of Tana French and Stieg
Larsson-that introduces a modern, unforgettable rookie cop whose past is as
fascinating and as deadly as the crimes she investigates.



SHE KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE. . . .



At first, the murder scene appears sad, but not unusual: a young woman undone
by drugs and prostitution, her six-year-old daughter dead alongside her. But
then detectives find a strange piece of evidence in the squalid house: the
platinum credit card of a very wealthy-and long dead-steel tycoon. What is a
heroin-addicted hooker doing with the credit card of a well-known and powerful
man who died months ago? This is the question that the most junior member of
the investigative team, Detective Constable Fiona Griffiths, is assigned to
answer.



But D.C. Griffiths is no ordinary cop. She's earned a reputation at police
headquarters in Cardiff, Wales, for being odd, for not picking up on social
cues, for being a little overintense. And there's that gap in her past, the
two-year hiatus that everyone assumes was a breakdown. But Fiona is a crack
investigator, quick and intuitive. She is immediately drawn to the crime scene,
and to the tragic face of the six-year-old girl, who she is certain has
something to tell her . . . something that will break the case wide open.



Ignoring orders and protocol, Fiona begins to explore far beyond the rich man's
credit card and into the secrets of her seaside city. And when she uncovers
another dead prostitute, Fiona knows that she's only begun to scratch the
surface of a dark world of crime and murder. But the deeper she digs, the more
danger she risks-not just from criminals and killers but from her own past . .
. and the abyss that threatens to pull her back at any time.