Dead Beat (PI Kate Brannigan, Book 1)The stunning first novel in the Kate Brannigan series, from No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller Val McDermid. This is crime writing of the very highest order The Times Introducing Kate Brannigan, Manchesters most loved private detective a woman who wont take no for an answer. As a favour, Kate agrees to track down a missing songwriter, Moria Pollock. It was supposed to be a nice simple case, but the search soon leads Kate into the dark underworld of Leeds,