Diese Autorin, die unter dem Pseudonym Patricia Hall schreibt, greift für ihre gefeierten Romane häufig auf die reiche Kulisse von West Yorkshire zurück. Ihr Erzählstil ist für seine fesselnde Herangehensweise an das Genre bekannt. Indem sie ihre Geschichten in vertrauten Umgebungen ansiedelt, bietet sie den Lesern eine besondere Perspektive. Ihre Werke werden für ihre eindringlichen Darstellungen von Ort und Charakter geschätzt.
With Beatlemania having finally reached the capital, it's an exciting time to be in London. Especially for young photographer Kate O'Donnell, who left her native Liverpool six months previously to share a dilapidated flat with two girlfriends in Trendy Nottingham.
Kate O'Donnell and her police sergeant partner, Harry Barnard enter dangerous waters when they uncover evidence of a top-level conspiracy. On a busy Friday night in 1964, a woman's partially clothed body is discovered in London's Soho Square. She has been raped and strangled. With no one reported missing, her identity remains a mystery. Assuming the victim to be a prostitute, DCI Jackson is inclined to dismiss the case. Detective Sergeant Harry Barnard disagrees. Harry's partner Kate meanwhile has been despatched to her native Liverpool to work on a magazine feature about the city's remarkable regeneration, timed to coincide with the release of the Beatles' movie, A Hard Day's Night. As Harry's investigations point to evidence of a cover-up at the highest level, Kate's assignment leads her to uncover a darker side to 1960s' Liverpool - and a possible link to the Soho murder victim. Are she and Harry getting into something too deep and dangerous for them to handle?