{"product_id":"9780008507473","title":"To Hunt a Killer","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Mackay, Julie \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 23\/06\/2022,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 384 pages, (1x8pp plates),\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780008507473,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*Winner of Best New True Crime Author, CrimeCon UK True Crime Awards 2023*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  *Shortlisted for the ALCS Gold Dagger award for non-fiction, Crime Writers’ Association Awards 2023*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The gripping true story of how Detective Superintendent Julie Mackay brought Melanie Road’s murderer to justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e BATH, 1984\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Jean Road, a 49-year-old mother of three, awakens to news that her daughter Melanie has been murdered in a nearby street as she walked home from a club in the early hours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Britain’s biggest manhunt begins. A trail of blood is found leading away from the scene. It’s a rare blood type. But despite a year-long inquiry and 94 arrests, the case is wound down. No one is charged with Melanie’s murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e AVON \u0026amp; SOMERSET POLICE HQ, 2009\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Detective Sergeant Julie Mackay, a 41-year-old single mother of three who has been overlooked for promotion for years, transfers to the Cold Case Unit. She unearths a file from the original inquiry and becomes hooked by the details: the rare blood type, Bath on a summer’s night, the investigative wrong turns … She takes on the case, and with the help of Melanie’s inspirational mother works tirelessly to rebuild it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This is the true story of how she did it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56875623711093,"sku":"9780008507473","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780008507473.jpg?v=1772788727","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780008507473","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}