Why a Booktrail?
2024: Friday afternoon, and the traffic is bloody murder.
Dead Mile
What you need to know before your trail
Sergeant Belinda ‘Billy’ Kidd is driving home from the airport, jet-lagged and ready to resign from a career that has left her traumatised. Menopause has robbed her confidence too – now she’s a traffic cop who’s afraid to drive. When brake lights haemorrhage up the motorway, the cars grind to a halt. Moments later she finds a dead driver in a black sedan.
He has a metal skewer in his neck. But how? The killer can’t have left the scene without being spotted by the dozens of witnesses – so he must still be there, among them. If the traffic jam stays put, they’re all in danger; if the traffic clears, she’ll lose her suspect. The clock is ticking, but she doesn’t know how fast.
Travel Guide
London
Deadhall tunnel is fictional but given that there is a car bomb here in the novel, you can see why. That’s not the main scene however – it’s the car beside it in the traffic jam that really sets the scene. Although this happens in London and the actual July 7 bombings are mentioned, it could happen anywhere. The location is not important but the setting of the traffic jam is.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Dead Mile
Destination/location: London Author/guide: Jo Furniss Departure Time: 2024
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