Crack Down (Kate Brannigan Mystery Series, Book 3) by Val McDermid

By Val McDermid

“Plot, characterization, speed are all first-class, and the bouncy Brannigan is among the so much likeable of all today’s PIs.”—The Sunday Telegraph (London)

Kate Brannigan reveals herself dragged right into a global of drug traffickers, baby pornographers, and violent gangland enforcers, bringing her head to head with loss of life within the such a lot terrifying research of her occupation.

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Hope-Ross, Penny. (2004, July 1). A Strategic Plan for the Statistical System of Anguilla 2005–2009. docID=2199. Peters, D. C. (1992). The Democratic System in the Eastern Caribbean. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Antigua and Barbuda is an island nation located between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. The country consists of three islands: Antigua, Barbuda, and the uninhabited Redonda. 6 square kilometers. The total population of Antigua and Barbuda is approximately 84,522. In 1981, Antigua and Barbuda became an independent state within the British Commonwealth of Nations.

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