Blue Genes

Blue Genes
Val McDermid

Private eye Kate Brannigan confronts betrayal and cold-blooded greed as she investigates the alien world of medical experimentation and the underbelly of the rock music business.Kate Brannigan’s not just having a bad day, she’s having a bad week. Her boyfriend’s death notice is in the paper, her plan to catch a team of fraudsters is in disarray and a neo-punk band want her to find out who’s trashing their flyposters. And her business partner wants her to buy him out. Fine, but private eyes with principles never have that kind of cash.Kate can’t even cry on her best friend’s shoulder, for Alexis has worries of her own. Her girlfriend’s pregnant, and when the doctor responsible for the fertility treatment is murdered, Alexis needs Kate like she’s never done before.So what’s a girl to do? Delving into the alien world of medical experimentation and the underbelly of the rock-music business, Kate confronts betrayal and cold-blooded greed as she fights to save not only her livelihood, but her life as well…

VAL McDERMID

Blue Genes

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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1996

Copyright © Val McDermid 1996

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Table of Contents

Cover (#ua439514a-8482-543b-adb5-efdee7c20d32)

Title Page (#ub2231a8d-6eda-5abd-bc76-a214999d9ce5)

Copyright (#u948bd8e0-5631-5aa7-b9e6-b09b9cade11d)

Dedication (#ufb5e543f-f593-55a4-8b2d-719ffb783d9c)

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Chapter 3 (#ue563d4a3-d6ab-51eb-ba89-2f04ca367abb)

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