Cover Up
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Publisher Description
Kate O’Donnell and her police sergeant partner, Harry Barnard enter dangerous waters when they uncover evidence of a top-level conspiracy.
On a busy Friday night in 1964, a woman’s partially clothed body is discovered in London’s Soho Square. She has been raped and strangled. With no one reported missing, her identity remains a mystery. Assuming the victim to be a prostitute, DCI Jackson is inclined to dismiss the case. Detective Sergeant Harry Barnard disagrees.
Harry’s partner Kate meanwhile has been despatched to her native Liverpool to work on a magazine feature about the city’s remarkable regeneration, timed to coincide with the release of the Beatles’ movie, A Hard Day’s Night.
As Harry’s investigations point to evidence of a cover-up at the highest level, Kate’s assignment leads her to uncover a darker side to 1960s’ Liverpool – and a possible link to the Soho murder victim. Are she and Harry getting into something too deep and dangerous for them to handle?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
It's July 1964 in Hall's fascinating sixth mystery featuring photojournalist Kate O'Donnell and Det. Sgt. Harry Barnard (after 2016's Deep Water). The Profumo affair is still bright in the minds of Londoners, Elvis's Viva Las Vegas is playing in West End cinemas, and the Beatles are set to arrive in Liverpool for the first northern England screening of their new film, A Hard Day's Night. Harry is handling the case of a woman whose body has been dumped in Soho Square. Meanwhile, Kate is off to her native Liverpool to photograph how the city has been rebuilt following the devastating bombings it sustained during WWII. How these two seemingly disparate story lines entwine makes for compulsive reading. Hall paints a masterly picture of the times that includes in addition to screaming fans and miniskirts casual sexism, horrific homophobia, a touch of police brutality, and the domineering hold of the Catholic church over its followers. Kate is a fully realized character dealing with her own personal demons, and Harry, her lover, is a man coming to terms with a modern, independent woman. They make an intriguing couple.
