Death of a Doxy - Longmuir, Chris
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Dundee, Scotland; December 1919 Big Aggie's girls are much in demand in her notorious house of pleasure. When one of her most popular girls is savagely killed it sparks off a mystery with wide-reaching effects. Why was Lily killed? Was it a crime of passion or something more calculated? And what secrets was Lily hiding? Dundee's first policewoman, Kirsty Campbell, thinks it's more than a crime of passion. She's keen to prove herself to DI Jamie Brewster by cracking the case. To find the killer, she must unravel Lily's secrets - but it's only when her own life is in danger that she learns…mehr

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Dundee, Scotland; December 1919 Big Aggie's girls are much in demand in her notorious house of pleasure. When one of her most popular girls is savagely killed it sparks off a mystery with wide-reaching effects. Why was Lily killed? Was it a crime of passion or something more calculated? And what secrets was Lily hiding? Dundee's first policewoman, Kirsty Campbell, thinks it's more than a crime of passion. She's keen to prove herself to DI Jamie Brewster by cracking the case. To find the killer, she must unravel Lily's secrets - but it's only when her own life is in danger that she learns others hide secrets too. It is a tortuous trail where Kirsty faces danger before the mystery is solved.
Autorenporträt
Chris Longmuir was born in Wiltshire and now lives in Angus. Her family moved to Scotland when she was two. After leaving school at fifteen, Chris worked in shops, offices, mills and factories, and was a bus conductor for a spell, before working as a social worker for Angus Council (latterly serving as Assistant Principal Officer for Adoption and Fostering). Chris is a member of the Society of Authors, the Crime Writers Association and the Scottish Association of Writers. She writes short stories, articles and crime novels, and has won many awards. She is the author of the Dundee Crime Series, The Kirsty Campbell Mysteries, the Suffragette Mysteries, and a historical saga A Salt Splashed Cradle. Her first published book, Dead Wood, won the Dundee International Book Prize and was published by Polygon. She designed her own website and confesses to being a techno-geek who builds computers in her spare time.