Where you stare death in the face . . . Mari Hannah's Polari Prize-winning first novel, featuring DCI Kate Daniels.

Who knows when a killer will call? Eleven months after discovering a brutal double murder in a sleepy Northumbrian village, Detective Chief Inspector Kate Daniels is still haunted by her failure to solve the case. Then the vicious killing of a man on Newcastle's Quayside gives Daniels her first case as Senior Investigating Officer and a second chance to get it right. When Daniels recognizes the corpse but fails to disclose the fact, her personal life suddenly collides into her professional life. And - even worse than this - she is now being watched. As Daniels steps closer to finding a killer, a killer is only a breath away from claiming his next victim . . . 'Brutal and engaging. Mari Hannah writes with a sharp eye and a dark heart' Peter James 'A satisfyingly meaty read' Guardian Follow Mari Hannah on Twitter at twitter.com/ mariwriter www.marihannah.com

The Murder Wall is Mari Hannah's first gripping crime novel featuring DCI Kate Daniels.

Eleven months after discovering a brutal double murder in a sleepy Northumbrian town, Detective Chief Inspector Kate Daniels is still haunted by her failure to solve the case. Then the brutal killing of a man on Newcastle’s Quayside gives Daniels another chance to get it right, and her first case as Senior Investigating Officer.

When Daniels recognizes the corpse, but fails to disclose the fact, her personal life swerves dangerously into her professional life. But much worse, she is now being watched.

As Daniels steps closer to finding a killer, a killer is only a breath away from claiming his next victim . . .