A Detective Under Fire

Harriet Martens, named ‘the Hard Detective’ by the media because of her unrelenting opposition to every sort of wrong-doing, has been secretly summoned to London to investigate corruption in the country’s most prestigious crime-fighting team, the élite Maximum Crimes Squad.

Not only is she opposed at every turn by the head of the Squad, but she is menaced by mysterious figures from its current target, the worldwide Colombian network.

Then, as she begins to get nearer to the truth, she comes under attack from the press…

The Inspector of Constabulary who has brought Harriet to London believes that she is enough of an élite figure herself to withstand all the fire. But is she?

Can Harriet survive the onslaught as a Detective Under Fire?

Or will she give in to the torrent of abuse and threats encircling her?

‘A Detective Under Fire’ is a gripping crime thriller from master of the genre H. R. F. Keating

Praise for H.R.F Keating:

‘H.R.F. Keating breathes new life into the classic detective story.’ Reginald Hill

‘An engaging and exemplary book’ Sister Wendy Beckett, Good Book Guide

H.R.F. Keating, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, was the crime books reviewer for The Times for fifteen years. He has served as Chairman of the Crime Writers’ Association and the Society of Authors, and in 1987 was elected President of the Detection Club. He has written numerous novels as well as non-fiction. He is perhaps best known for his Inspector Ghote series, the first of which, The Perfect Murder, was made into a film by Merchant Ivory and won a CWA Gold Dagger award, as did The Murder of the Maharajah. A Detective in Love is the second in H.R.F. Keating’s Harriet Martens series, following The Hard Detective.