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Post Mortem is a thrilling and vivid crime novel written by a former detective in the Metropolitan Police's murder squad. If you like Sarah Hillary and M. J. Aldridge you will love Kate London.
A long-serving beat cop in the Met and a teenage girl fall to their deaths from a tower block in London's East End. Left alive on the roof are a five year old boy and rookie police officer Lizzie Griffiths. Within hours, Lizzie Griffiths has disappeared, and DPS officer Sarah Collins sets out to uncover the truth around the grisly deaths, in an investigation which takes her into the dark heart of policing in London.
Grounded in the terrifying realities of policing a city where the affluent middle-classes live cheek-by-jowl with the poorest immigrants, this is a complex, intelligent, thrilling crime novel by an author who has walked the beat.
About the author
Kate London graduated from Cambridge University and moved to Paris to train in theatre. She worked as an actor, writer and director before joining the Metropolitan Police Service. She finished her service working as a detective on the Met's homicide command, resigning in 2014 to dedicate herself to her writing. Her debut novel, Post Mortem, was published in 2015 and has now been adapted as a major ITV drama under the title The Tower.
Summary
An intricate, gritty and believable crime novel from a serving detective in the Met's murder squad - an explosive debut.
Foreword
An intricate, gritty and believable crime novel from a serving detective in the Met's murder squad - an explosive debut.
Report
An absorbing debut... The author vividly re-creates the everyday experience of uniformed police... The result is a complex novel that offers rare insights into how the police operate. Sunday Times
