Dying Breath

 

Dying breath by Liz Mistry-Crime fiction police procedural

Nikki Parakh has a rather odd case on her hands. An arm has been found- just an arm no body. From the looks of both the scene and the limb there has been illegal dog fighting. At home things aren't much better as Downey, her father, looks like he is getting nearer. Downey has been threatening Nikki and those around her for a while. Occasional chapters take us to someone being held captive close to the fighting dogs wondering how long they have left to live. 

I really enjoy these books. They not only have character- I feel as if I “ know” Nikki having read the series- but they are also incredibly well researched. Yes there are things many of us perhaps don’t realise go on in the criminal world and would perhaps prefer not to know, whilst this is fiction, and yes sadly these things do happen in real life at times. Although part of a series this would stand alone however to get the Downey background the others should be read in order. A stunner of a read that kept me between the pages right to the very end. Love Nikki! 

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Dying Breath

The killer is closing in… can she find him before he finds her?

 When Detective Nikki Parekh receives a set of threatening postcards, she knows it can only mean one thing… The man who escaped arrest after murdering her mother two years ago is back.

 Each postcard has a similar message: You’re next Parekh.

 As the post marks on the cards gradually get closer to Bradford, Nikki must do everything she can to protect her family and catch the killer before it’s too late.

 But when human remains are found in a remote barn on the icy Yorkshire moors, Nikki’s attention is pulled away from her family. When a tattoo on the victim’s arm – the only means of identification – leads nowhere, the team have already met a dead end.

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Author Bio –

Born in Scotland, Made in Bradford sums up Liz Mistry’s life. Over thirty years ago she moved from a small village in West Lothian to Yorkshire to get her teaching degree. Once here, Liz fell in love with three things; curries, the rich cultural diversity of the city … and her Indian husband (not necessarily in this order). Now thirty years, three children, two cats and a huge extended family later, Liz uses her experiences of living and working in the inner city to flavour her writing. Her gritty crime fiction police procedural novels set in Bradford embrace the city she describes as ‘Warm, Rich and Fearless’ whilst exploring the darkness that lurks beneath.

Struggling with severe clinical depression and anxiety for a large number of years, Liz often includes mental health themes in her writing. She credits the MA in Creative Writing she took at Leeds Trinity University with helping her find a way of using her writing to navigate her ongoing mental health struggles. Being a debut novelist in her fifties was something Liz had only dreamed of and she counts herself lucky, whilst pinching herself regularly to make sure it’s all real. One of the nicest things about being a published author is chatting with and responding to readers’ feedback and Liz regularly does events at local libraries, universities, literature festivals and open mics. She also teaches creative writing too. Liz has completed a PhD in Creative Writing on Diverse voices in crime fiction

In her spare time, Liz loves pub quizzes (although she admits to being rubbish at them), dancing (she does a mean jig to Proud Mary – her opinion, not ratified by her family), visiting the varied Yorkshire landscape, with Robin Hoods Bay being one of her favourite coastal destinations, listening to music, reading and blogging about all things crime fiction on her blog, The Crime Warp.

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