Three crime novels featuring Kate Brannigan - Machester's most-loved private detective, a woman who won't take no for an answer. 'This is crime writing of the very highest order' The TimesDEAD BEAT: Kate Brannigan is a female private detective set to do for Manchester what V.I. Warshawski has done for Chicago. As a favour to her rock journalist boyfriend, Kate agrees to track down a missing song-w...