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Title details for Persons Unknown by Susie Steiner - Available

Persons Unknown

A Novel

#2 in series

by Susie Steiner
Juanita McMahon
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In this brilliant crime novel from the author of Missing, Presumed, a detective investigates her most personal case yet: a high-profile murder in which her own family falls under suspicion.

“[Susie] Steiner populates this hot-button narrative with achingly human characters, but no one compares to the hormonal, mordantly funny mom-cop who will stop at nothing to save her son.”—People (Book of the Week)
As dusk falls, a young man staggers through a park, far from home, bleeding from a stab wound. He dies where he falls, cradled by a stranger, a woman’s name on his lips in his last seconds of life.
Detective Manon Bradshaw handles only cold cases. Five months pregnant, in pursuit of a work-life balance rather than romantic love, she’s focused on being a good mother to her two children: her adopted twelve-year-old son, Fly Dent, and the new baby.
But the man died just yards from the police station where she works, so Manon can’t help taking an interest. And as she sidles in on the briefing she learns that the victim, a banker from London worth millions, is more closely linked to her than she could have imagined. When the case begins to circle in on Manon’s home and her family, she finds herself pitted against the colleagues she once held dear: Davy Walker and Harriet Harper.
Can Manon separate what she knows about the people she loves from the suspicion hanging over them? Can she investigate the evidence just as she would with any other case? Persons Unknown shows acclaimed author Susie Steiner writing her most intricate, suspenseful novel yet.
Praise for Persons Unknown
“A police procedural as concerned with the mysteries of human hearts as with who stabbed a banker to death at a park in Cambridgeshire. [Full of] winning prose, sympathetic characters and an appreciation of life’s joys as keen as a knowledge of its dangers.”—The Wall Street Journal
“Susie Steiner blends the police procedural and the human drama perfectly.”—The Charlotte Observer
“[Steiner] has created a masterful mystery within an engaging narrative perfect for Kate Atkinson fans. Readers will be astonished by the unexpected turns at the conclusion, which will leave fans eagerly awaiting the next book. This series needs to be snapped up by the BBC or PBS.”—Booklist (starred review)

“[An] engrossing stunner, incorporating social justice issues into the narrative, along with superb plotting, dark humor, and excellent characterizations.”—Library Journal (starred review)

  • Creators

  • Series

    DS Manon

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    July 4, 2017

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780451483355
      • File size: 339551 KB
      • Duration: 11:47:23

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from May 8, 2017
      Det. Insp. Manon Bradshaw is back in Steiner’s stellar sequel to 2016’s Missing, Presumed. Although she’s officially assigned to missing persons cases, Manon couldn’t be more interested in the inquiry into the stabbing murder of London wealth manager Jon-Oliver Ross, given the case’s personal ties to her family. After her brief stint in London, during which she adopted her 12-year-old son, Fly Dent, Manon decided to return home to Cambridgeshire, much to Fly’s dismay; he hates being the only black boy in a predominantly white village. Racial profiling is everywhere; Fly soon becomes the prime—and only—suspect in the murder of Ross, who came to Cambridgeshire to visit his ex-girlfriend and son—Manon’s sister, Ellie, and nearly three-year-old nephew, Solomon. Manon’s old team, including her former underling, the recently promoted Det. Sgt. Davy Walker, seem quick to jump to conclusions and align the evidence so that it points to Fly as the culprit. Steiner grapples with serious social justice issues in a darkly humorous crime novel not to be missed. Agent: Eleanor Jackson, Dunow, Carlson & Lerner.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Detective Manon Bradshaw accepts a less-than-perfect job investigating cold cases outside London in an attempt to protect her adopted son, who is under suspicion for murder, from malign influences. Narrator Juanita McMahon excels in portraying the realism of the characters. Especially notable is her sensitive portrayal of Manon, a complex woman who experiences frustrations with her job, uncertainty as a single mother, and surprise at unexpected and fulfilling relationships amid her determined effort to clear her son. A combination of suspense and character development with British humor laced throughout, this audiobook is an engaging listen. L.M.A. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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