The Dead Wont Sleep, Anna Smith
The Dead Wont Sleep, Anna Smith
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The Dead Won't Sleep
a nailbiting thriller you won't be able to put down!

Author: Anna Smith

Series: Rosie Gilmour

Narrator: Sarah Barron

Unabridged: 8 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Quercus

Published: 09/01/2013

Synopsis

The body of a young teenage hooker is found washed up on the beach near Glasgow. This stark event barely captures a headline in the cynical world of tabloid newspapers. This is Glasgow in the 1990s and she's just another dead heroin addict. But Tracey Eadie was only fourteen years old and came from a children's home in Glasgow. How did she get from there to where she is now?

One of Tracey's friends on the street contacts Rosie Gilmour, a tabloid journalist. She gives Rosie a tip off that's dynamite, too hot to print but impossible to ignore. Rosie has covered many dark stories in her career. Her background has plenty in common with Tracey's and her own life could have gone either way.

Her investigation exposes a sordid tale of corruption and child abuse that leads from the murky streets of Glasgow to the very top of the establishment. For Rosie, it is the only story worth telling, but she soon discovers that the forces united against her will stop at nothing to make sure nobody ever gets to the truth.
(P)2013 WF Howes Ltd

About Anna Smith

Anna Smith has been a journalist for over twenty years and is a former chief reporter for the Daily Record in Glasgow. She has covered wars across the world as well as major investigations and news stories from Dunblane to Kosovo to 9/11. Anna spends her time between Lanarkshire and Dingle in the west of Ireland, as well as in Spain to escape the British weather.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ken on September 17, 2019

A shockingly tough and brutal crime drama that keeps both the reader and main protagonist journalists Rosie Gilmour clambering for the guilty to be condemned. This riveting late-90’s Glasgow set novel certainly doesn’t shy away from tough subject matters, with both underage prostitution and drug addi......more

Goodreads review by Best Crime Books & More on November 16, 2012

I keep getting told by FB followers that I MUST read Anna Smith and that her books are brilliant. Sadly, my to read list is stupidly long which means authors whose books I have on my Kindle, can sometimes sit there `undiscovered' for months! Anna Smith is one such author. What an idiot I felt once I......more

Goodreads review by Paul on September 30, 2021

A 14 year old heroin addicted child prostitute is washed up on the shore near Glasgow, and reporter Rosie Gilmour can’t ignore the potential story. It has all the elements of a great start to a series, but It really didn’t work for me. The fact that we know who did it from the outset is one factor,......more

Goodreads review by Pat on November 07, 2017

Yay, I'm racing to the finish line here, my reviews are up to November now, almost up-to-date. 3.5 stars for this one. This book ended up quite gripping although it took a while to get there. Rosie Gilmour is a Glasgow journalist who is approached by a prostitute with information about the death of a......more

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