

But the case quickly becomes more complicated than it seems, fraught with dangers neither woman could see coming. Their commander thinks Rachel's intuition could make her a great cop, but has reservations about her shoot-first-think-later approach, so she partners her with Janet.Īt first, the match seems to have been made somewhere considerably lower than heaven, but when a teenage girl is found brutally murdered, stabbed to death in her squalid flat on a North Manchester housing estate, both detectives realize they must work together to stop a vicious killer.

Rachel Bailey couldn't be more different-she's energetic, impulsive, and ambitious, and has just been transferred to the Manchester murder squad. She's put in the time and seen it all, but has no desire for the boss's job-she loves her own too much.

A riveting, sharply observed and thoroughly modern police procedural, Dead to Me features a stellar but unlikely female detective team.ĭetective Constable Janet Scott is subtle and reliable, a diplomatic thinker with a wry sense of humor.
