Fatal Trade
DC Melanie Cotton’s fledgling career is about to take an interesting turn. Freshly promoted to CID, Mel is excited by a new disturbing and mysterious case – her first murder investigation as a detective. But as she discovers, there’s far more to this case than a gruesome killing, and Mel’s skills and courage are about to tested to the limit.
Brian Price
Brian Price is the author of the DC Mel Cotton series and the guide for authors Crime writing: how to write the science. He is a chemist and a biologist by training and has worked for the NHS analysing medicines, for the Environment Agency in a variety of roles, and was an Open University tutor for 26 years. He advises other crime writers on the scientific aspects of their work and lives in the West of England, overlooking a cemetery. He is married and has four grown-up children.
