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BABY LOVE AND HARD TIME...THE SERIES CONTINUES
BABY LOVE is the third in the Bev Morriss crime series. Taken off a high-profile rape inquiry to lead the hunt for a missing baby, Bev is torn professionally and personally.
Here's a taster from the opening pages to whet your appetite without wrecking the suspense...
As she bent to pack away the vests and place the bear on the floor by the window, she felt a twinge at the base of her spine. It was the extra weight. There was no cause for alarm. She gently massaged the area before applying the same gentle treatment to her swollen stomach. She smiled; it was so nearly her time.
With difficulty, she reached both hands round her back. The straps were quite tricky to unfasten, even though she'd created the harness herself and had carried out the procedure on countless occasions. She was rather pleased with the design. She'd ensured it could expand to accommodate increasingly large amounts of padding. This she now removed, placing it gently under the white satin quilt.
Her head brushed against the mobile, sending it into a gentle spin. She gazed at it mesmerised again by the twinkling raindrops.
This time nothing could go wrong.
What the critics say...
Many writers would sell their first born for the ability to create such a distinctive voice in a main character.
Reviewing the Evidence.
One of my favourite series... the third, BABY LOVE, is outstanding...Carter writes clean, spare prose which nails both the bleakness of the city and the pressures of Bev's job.
Sharon Wheeler, Reviewing the Evidence.
Carter writes like a longtime veteran, with snappy patter and stark narrative.
David Pitt, Booklist.
HARD TIME
A newborn baby’s abandoned…
A five-year-old boy's abducted...
A police officer’s dead...
And Detective Sergeant Bev Morriss thinks she’s having a HARD TIME.
Struggling to cope after a vicious attack, isolated and unsure, desperate not to reveal what’s happening under the skin, Bev is fighting for survival. But when you barely trust yourself – who can you rely on?
Her lover’s moving on, her guv’s losing patience, her new DC is Mr Bean in a fat suit and just when it appears things can’t get any worse... the death threat arrives.
Then the ransom note.
Then the times get really hard.
Published in June 2007, HARD TIME was described as the best in an outstanding series...
The fourth outing for Maureen Carter's likeable and feisty anti-heroine is a delight. All of Maureen Carter's trademarks are there - the sharp,well-observed dialogue, the fast moving action, and of course the inimitable Bev with her tangled love-life and her energy and verve... The tension is excellently maintained - with an absolute gem of an ending.
Sarah Rayne, bestselling author of Tower of Silence.
Two of my favourite feisty female writers have shown up this week with shiny new offerings - and if you're not familiar with Maureen Carter and Sheila Quigley, you might want to remedy that soonest!
Maureen Carter deserves to be much better known than she is. HARD TIME is Carter's fourth book and features mouthy Birmingham cop Bev Morriss. I wish a TV company would pick the books up and do them justice!
Sharon Wheeler, Reviewing the Evidence.
For an insight into the writing of HARD TIME visit the wonderful Rap Sheet website:
http://www.therapsheet.blogspot.com
All titles in the Bev Morriss crime series are published by Crème de la Crime. http://www.cremedelacrime.com
and are available from book shops and online.
http://www.amazon.co.uk
HARD TIME is also available on audio from Oakhill publishing.
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