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    A Question of Despair

    By Maureen Carter

    3.5/5

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    Birmingham DI Sarah Quinn contends with a relentless TV reporter in this “crisply written” series debut from the author of the Bev Morriss novels (Library Journal).
     
    When a baby is snatched from outside a Birmingham newsagent’s, ‘Ice Queen’ Detective Inspector Sarah Quinn is on the case. Unfortunately for her, so is the insufferably persistent TV reporter Caroline King. Quinn’s cool investigative methods contrast with those of the fiery King, who’ll stop at nothing in pursuit of a good story. But as the investigation stonewalls, it soon becomes clear that the two enemies will have to work together if the police are to have any chance of success . . .
     
    Former BBC reporter and author of the acclaimed Bev Morriss series, Maureen Carter draws on her deep knowledge of journalism and crime investigation in this gritty police procedural with “an electric pace” to deliver a tale of crime and justice that “won’t soon leave you” (Library Journal).
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateNov 1, 2011
    ISBN9781780101033
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    A Question of Despair
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    Maureen Carter

    A former newspaper reporter, broadcast journalist, BBC TV News presenter and producer, Maureen Carter is the author of the highly-acclaimed Bev Morriss and DI Sarah Quinn police procedural series. She lives in Birmingham.

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    • 3/5
      A baby is snatched from outside a Birmingham newsagents and DI Sarah Quinn is called in to investigate. Reporter Caroline King covers the case and will stop at nothing to get the story.My Thoughts:I saw a report on our local news about some sort of a writing group and Maureen Carter was on there. I had never heard of her but the report said that she had wrote 12 books so I went to my local library to get one to try. The cover appealed to me and I thought she looked like an author similar to Martina Cole.On a positive I liked the idea of two women who clash and don’t really like each other and the reader will find out why. I’m afraid that is it with positive. The rest of the book I felt was bland, not realistic at times and for the content needed to be a lot more gritty. The story was average and could have been better with a weak ending.I’m afraid that there wasn’t enough in this book for me to rush out and get the next one in the series. Overall good ideas but weak.