Almost a Whisper - (Joanna Piercy Mystery) by Priscilla Masters (Paperback)

About the Book

A young woman is pushing a child in a stroller dangerously close to the edge of a rock face. She has blood on her clothes. Is she a victim or a would-be killer? DI Joanna Piercy takes on the case, but the young woman is mute. As the questions mount, forensic psychiatrist Dr Claire Roget is called in to help. Can she persuade the woman to talk?

Book Synopsis

A young woman with a pushchair spotted teetering on the edge of a steep rock face on the Staffordshire moors draws Joanna Piercy into a disturbing new case.

A young woman is moving dangerously close to the edge of the rock face, pushing a stroller with a child strapped in it towards the steep drop. She has blood on her clothes. Is she a victim or a would-be killer?

Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy takes on the case when a walker discovers the pair, but the young woman is mute. Is she traumatized or unwilling to speak? Was she about to commit a terrible crime?

As the questions mount, forensic psychiatrist Dr Claire Roget is called in to help. Can she persuade the woman to talk? Joanna desperately needs a breakthrough. But when it comes, her investigation takes a shocking turn . . .

Review Quotes

A riveting police procedural focusing on guilt, frustration, and the many varieties of love-- "Kirkus Reviews"

A tightly plotted mystery ... sharply drawn characters ... intriguing story-- "Booklist on Crooked Street"

An absorbing, character-driven police procedural with some provocative twists-- "Kirkus Reviews on Blood on the Rocks"

Briskly paced . Readers will enjoy the neatly turned surprise ending-- "Publishers Weekly on Guilty Waters"

Tantalizing . Piercy's search for the truth takes her from a tidy but sterile suburban home into a seedier, sadder, and more threatening world-- "Publishers Weekly on Crooked Street"

Well-plotted . Fans of character-driven police procedurals will be rewarded-- "Publishers Weekly on Blood on the Rocks"

About the Author

Priscilla Masters is the author of the popular DI Joanna Piercy series, as well as the successful Martha Gunn novels and a series of forensic psychiatrist mysteries featuring Dr Claire Roget. She lives near the Shropshire/Staffordshire border. A retired respiratory nurse, Priscilla has two grown-up sons and two grandsons.