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Killjoy

By Ann Cleeves
Series: Inspector Ramsay
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Ann Cleeves Classic Crime - engaging mysteries to savour, beloved characters to meet again. Killjoy is the fourth mystery novel in the Inspector Ramsay series by Ann Cleeves, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Shetland, Vera Stanhope and Two Rivers crime series. The youth theatre cast... Read More
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The fourth novel in the Inspector Ramsay series by Sunday Times bestselling author Ann Cleeves. When a young woman's body turns up in the trunk of a car, Inspector Ramsay is certain it's connected to the local joyriding epidemic – and time is running out before the killer strikes again.

The fourth novel in the Inspector Ramsay series by Sunday Times bestselling author Ann Cleeves. When a young woman's body turns up in the trunk of a car, Inspector Ramsay is certain it's connected to the local joyriding epidemic - and time is running out before the killer strikes again.

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Ann Cleeves Classic Crime - engaging mysteries to savour, beloved characters to meet again.

Killjoy is the fourth mystery novel in the Inspector Ramsay series by Ann Cleeves, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Shetland, Vera Stanhope and Two Rivers crime series.

The youth theatre cast are in their places, but Gus Lynch's female lead, Gabriella, is missing. That is, until she's found in the boot of his car.

Inspector Stephen Ramsay and Sergeant Gordon Hunter are assigned to head the murder enquiry. Meanwhile, violence is escalating on the Starling Farm Estate, as police battle to contain the latest outbreak of joyriding. Inspector Ramsay suspects the death of Gabriella may be connected to the events at Starling Farm. But Sergeant Hunter insists otherwise, and tempers run high.

When another death occurs, a possible link between them is uncovered. Yet what could have provoked someone to kill... and kill again?

Praise for Ann Cleeves:

'Brilliant, thoughtful and deeply engaging' - Sara Paretsky, New York Times bestselling author of the V. I. Warshawski series

'Stunning' - David Baldacci, New York Times bestselling author of the Atlee Pine series

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    Killjoy
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529098365

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 December 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Macmillan

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 288

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Ann Cleeves Comfort Reads Crime & Thriller Fiction General Fiction Series: Inspector Ramsay

About the Author

Ann Cleeves is the author of over thirty critically acclaimed novels, and in 2017 was awarded the highest accolade in crime writing, the CWA Diamond Dagger. She is the creator of popular detectives Vera Stanhope, Jimmy Perez and Matthew Venn, who can be found on television in ITV's Vera, BBC One's Shetland and ITV's The Long Call respectively. The TV series and the books they are based on have become international sensations, capturing the minds of millions worldwide. Ann worked as a probation officer, bird observatory cook and auxiliary coastguard before she started writing. She is a member of 'Murder Squad', working with other British northern writers to promote crime fiction. She lives in North Tyneside near where the Vera books are set.

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