A gripping and powerful thriller set in the atmospheric Peak District that will have you on the edge of your seat. Perfect for fans of Val McDermid, Susie Steiner and Broadchurch.
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She was racing towards the gorge. The place the locals knew as âDead Girl's Dropâ...
DI Meg Dalton is thrown headlong into her latest case when she finds a ten-year-old girl running barefoot through the woods in a blood-soaked nightdress. In the house nearby, the girl's father has been brutally stabbed to death.
At first Meg suspects a robbery gone tragically wrong, but something doesnât add up. Why does the girl have no memory of what happened to her? And why has her behaviour changed so dramatically since her recent heart transplant?
The case takes a chilling turn when evidence points to the girlâs involvement in her own fatherâs murder. As unsettling family secrets emerge, Meg is forced to question her deepest beliefs to discover the shocking truth, before the killer strikes again...
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**Roz Watkinsâ compelling new DI Meg Dalton thriller, Cut to the Bone, is available for pre-order now!*****
â[Roz Watkins is] a formidable newcomer to British crime writingâ Daily Mail
âOutstandingâ Stephen Booth
'With Dead Manâs Daughter, Roz raises the crime fiction bar yet again. Superbly plotted, sinister and genuinely thought-provoking.â Caz Frear
'An original, creepy, twisted tale. I loved it.â C.J. Tudor
âAbsorbingly impressive.â The Times
âA fast-paced, atmospheric story.â Candis
âA clever, twisty conundrum... intelligent and provocative.â Sophie Drapher
Roz Watkins is the author of the DI Meg Dalton crime series, which is set in the Peak District where Roz lives with her partner and a menagerie of demanding animals.
Her first book, The Devilâs Dice, was shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger Award, and has been optioned for TV.
Roz studied engineering at Cambridge University before training in patent law. She was a partner in a firm of patent attorneys in Derby, but this has absolutely nothing to do with there being a dead one in her first novel.
In her spare time, Roz likes to walk in the Peak District, scouting out murder locations.