{"product_id":"a-detective-in-love-paperback","title":"A Detective in Love - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eH. R. F. Keating\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the second DCI Harriet Martens novel, Harriet faces a high-profile case, yet finds herself distracted. Could love destroy her career?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBritain's number one tennis star, Bubbles Xingara, has been murdered in the grounds of her luxurious home. Harriet is now in charge of a case that will have the world's media - already massing for the start of Wimbledon - out in force. But it's not the investigation that's about to disrupt her life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor it seems that the happily-married mother, known as the 'Hard Detective', has fallen passionately in love with a fellow officer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs much a story of ethics and love as a detective novel, \u003ci\u003eA Detective in Love\u003c\/i\u003e does not flinch from exploring the challenges and choices Harriet faces as she navigates a murder investigation and her own thoroughly inconvenient emotions. This novel will please readers who enjoy thoughtful crime fiction and character-driven tales.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eA Detective in Love\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e'Keating has long excelled at breaking boundaries of the genre. Here, Harriet Martens has been given the case of a murdered tennis star - probably the most important crime she's ever been called upon to solve - but her happy married life is totally disrupted when she falls madly in love with one of her subordinates. She fights her passion for Anselm to concentrate on the murdered girl. The book is a lot grittier than the giddily romantic title would have you believe.' \u003cb\u003e- \u003ci\u003eGoodreads\u003c\/i\u003e review\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Harriet struggles womanfully to throw herself into the details of the case, but every suspect that pops up ... turns out to be a red herring. And in truth, Keating is much less interested in wrapping up the mystery than in tracing the stages-predictable but by turns touching, amusing, and painful-in the course of a forbidden love that can't possibly run smooth. Transcends Harriet's debut (\u003ci\u003eThe Hard Detective\u003c\/i\u003e, 2000) to join Keating's trenchant studies of \u003ci\u003eThe Rich Detective\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), \u003ci\u003eThe Good Detective\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), \u003ci\u003eThe Soft Detective\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), and \u003ci\u003eThe Bad Detective\u003c\/i\u003e (1999).' \u003cb\u003e- \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry Reymond Fitzwalter Keating\u003c\/b\u003e (1926-2011) was an English author known primarily for his crime fiction, although he also wrote several non-crime novels and reference books, and spent many years as critic of crime fiction for \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 254\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 19, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48501716975837,"sku":"9798374206739","price":21.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/KXREmQP56q9798374206739.webp?v=1788494359","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/a-detective-in-love-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}