To hunt a killer
McKay, Julie2022
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In 1984, Jean Road, a 49-year-old mother of three, awakes at home in Bath, Somerset and wonders where her 17-year-old daughter Melanie can be. Her bed hasn't been slept in. Just then, Jean and her husband Tony hear someone shouting through a loudspeaker: 'Does anyone know Melanie?' Jean runs to the police car outside only to discover that her daughter has been murdered in a nearby street as she walked home from a club in the early hours. Britain's biggest manhunt begins. A trail of blood is found leading from the scene. It's a rare blood type and later becomes known to officers as 'green blood'. Despite a yearlong inquiry and 94 arrests, the inquiry is wound down. No-one's charged with Melanie's murder. 25 years later, DS Julie Mackay transfers to Avon & Somerset Police's Cold Case Unit. In the police warehouse, Julie unearths a file from the original inquiry and becomes hooked by the details.
Main title:
To hunt a killer / Julie Mackay, Robert Murphy.
Author:
McKay, JulieMurphy, Robert, author
Imprint:
London : HarperElement, 2022.
Collation:
376 pages : illustrations (black and white and colour); 20 cm
ISBN:
9780008507473 (pbk)
Dewey class:
364.1523364.152364.1523/PBK
LC class:
HV6535
Language:
English
Subject:
McKay, JulieMurder -- England -- Bath -- History -- 20th centuryMurder -- Investigation -- England -- Bath -- History -- 21st centuryCold cases (Criminal investigation) -- England -- Bath -- History -- 21st centuryTrue CrimeSocial services & welfare, criminologyTrue crimeTrue stories of heroism, endurance & survivalCoping with death & bereavementTrue stories: discovery / historical / scientificCriminal investigation & detectionCrime & criminologyForensic sciencePsychologyCrime
BRN:
3058568