CRIME
Nova Scotia - Canada - October 2012
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'a cold place to die'​
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David Kettle finds a woman unconscious in his garden. She has no identification, no one has reported her missing, and there is no obvious reason she should be there at all.
As detectives Delano and Martin investigate, they uncover a web of online affairs and hidden identities. Who is she? And why is she there?
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While the unidentified woman lies in hospital, watched over by staff, another presence circles closer; Jean-Marc, the paramedic who cannot let her go. His devotion is intense, intimate, and increasingly hard to dismiss as simple concern.
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As winter tightens its grip, the inquiry moves from snow-covered footprints and half-truths to the stark light of the courtroom. Everyone has something to protect. Everyone has a version of events.
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Exposure is a psychological crime novel about obsession, secrets, lies, and the dangers of virtual relationships.
A gripping, character-driven mystery…
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"Expertly crafted dialogue, seamless scene transitions, and thorough character development make Sayer’s latest a compelling read."
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The 'whodunit' you will not solve!
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In a town where everyone knows your business (and half of it is wrong), a body is found face down in a garden fishpond. Surely it's an accident? Open-and-shut. Seasonal paperwork. Forget it.
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Detective Inspector Kit Colley (KC) has seen enough ‘simple’ cases to recognise the smell of something off. As he investigates, he finds himself drawn to Pattie Harding, a woman whose intelligence and warmth captivates him immediately. But Pattie is devoted to Mak Mason, a once-promising rock star now drowning in debt and reduced to working as a DJ at the local bingo hall. Then there’s Delia, Mak’s ex-wife, loud, furious, and very much not finished with Mak.
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Kit faces an impossible choice between professional integrity and personal desire. In post-Brexit Britain, where everyone’s dreams are fading, the deeper Kit digs, the more difficult it becomes to separate fact from fiction.
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Darkly funny, sharply observed, and threaded with a soundtrack of radio favourites, We Can’t All Die Like Buddy Holly is a gripping regional crime novel where the truth is very slippery
