* Pre-order GUILTY, the brand new novel from Martina Cole. Coming October 2024. *Has DI Kate Burrows met her match?Sequel to THE LADYKILLER, BROKEN is the second book in the DI Kate Burrows series: the only time the ''undisputed queen of crime writing'' (Guardian) and Sunday Times bestseller Martina Cole has written from the perspective of the Old Bill. Children in Grantley are disappearing. At first they are found unscathed, but when one meets a dark end DI Kate Burrows knows the clock is ticking.Pushed to her limits, Kate needs the support of her lover now more than ever. But ex-gangster Patrick Kelly has troubles of his own.It''s her toughest case yet, but Kate will stop at nothing to solve it. Even if it breaks her.If you love the dark and dangerous world of DI Kate Burrows, be sure to catch the rest of the series, HARDGIRLS and DAMAGED