Almost a Whisper

A completely gripping, twisty mystery set in Staffordshire.

A young woman is pushing a child in a stroller dangerously close to the edge of a rock face. She has blood on her clothes. Is she a victim or a would-be killer? DI Joanna Piercy takes on the case, but the young woman is mute. As the questions mount, forensic psychiatrist Dr Claire Roget is called in to help. Can she persuade the woman to talk?

A young woman with a pushchair spotted teetering on the edge of a steep rock face on the Staffordshire moors draws Joanna Piercy into a disturbing new case.
A young woman is moving dangerously close to the edge of the rock face, pushing a stroller with a child strapped in it towards the steep drop. She has blood on her clothes. Is she a victim or a would-be killer?
Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy takes on the case when a walker discovers the pair, but the young woman is mute. Is she traumatized or unwilling to speak? Was she about to commit a terrible crime?
As the questions mount, forensic psychiatrist Dr Claire Roget is called in to help. Can she persuade the woman to talk? Joanna desperately needs a breakthrough. But when it comes, her investigation takes a shocking turn . . .