When the Bough Breaks

"North of England. Cumbria. Salome Delaney didn't have a great start in life. But her abusive childhood came to a tragic conclusion with the killing of her tyrant mother, Trina, by a jealous ex-boyfriend. At least, that's what the police say. Sal has never believed kind Wulf, who tried to protect her from her mother's dark side, could have committed such a crime, but the evidence was irrefutable . . . and who else could have done it? Now an adult, with a good job as a Collison Investigation Officer, Sal's done her best to put the past behind her. But one snowy morning she's called to an accident scene, and she recognizes the body - Barry Ford, the man her mother left Wulf for, all those years ago. It soon becomes clear this wasn't just an accident - it was murder. And Wulf, now out of prison, lives very close by . . . The question of who really killed her mother has haunted Sal her whole life, but as she launches a complex investigation, which gets darker by the hour, she starts to wonder if she really wants to know the answer after all."--

About the author

David Mark spent seven years as crime reporter for the Yorkshire Post and now writes full-time. The first novel in his DS McAvoy series, Dark Winter, was selected for the Harrogate New Blood panel (where he was Reader in Residence) and was a Richard & Judy pick and a Sunday Times bestseller. Dead Pretty was longlisted for the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger in 2016. He is also the author of the Sal Delaney police procedurals and a number of standalone thrillers. He lives in Northumberland with his family.

Product details

• Authors: David Mark
• Publisher: Canongate
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.06.2024
• EAN: 9781448311996
• ISBN: 978-1-4483-1199-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 220 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 300 g
• Series: A Sal Delaney mystery
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, FICTION / Crime, Crime & mystery, Cumbria, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, 21st Century, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Cumbria & Lake District, c 2020 to c 2029