Táto autorka, ktorá píše pod pseudonymom Patricia Hall, sa vo svojich oceňovaných románoch často zameriava na témy spojené s jej rodnou oblasťou západného Yorkshire. Jej štýl rozprávania je známy pre svoj pútavý prístup k žánru. Sledovanie príbehov jej postáv v ich známom prostredí ponúka čitateľom jedinečný pohľad. Jej diela sú cenené pre svoju schopnosť vytvoriť živé obrazy prostredia aj postáv.
With Beatlemania having finally reached the capital, it's an exciting time to be in London. Especially for young photographer Kate O'Donnell, who left her native Liverpool six months previously to share a dilapidated flat with two girlfriends in Trendy Nottingham.
Kate O'Donnell and her police sergeant partner, Harry Barnard enter dangerous waters when they uncover evidence of a top-level conspiracy. On a busy Friday night in 1964, a woman's partially clothed body is discovered in London's Soho Square. She has been raped and strangled. With no one reported missing, her identity remains a mystery. Assuming the victim to be a prostitute, DCI Jackson is inclined to dismiss the case. Detective Sergeant Harry Barnard disagrees. Harry's partner Kate meanwhile has been despatched to her native Liverpool to work on a magazine feature about the city's remarkable regeneration, timed to coincide with the release of the Beatles' movie, A Hard Day's Night. As Harry's investigations point to evidence of a cover-up at the highest level, Kate's assignment leads her to uncover a darker side to 1960s' Liverpool - and a possible link to the Soho murder victim. Are she and Harry getting into something too deep and dangerous for them to handle?