A kidnap, a murder, and a very tricky situation for a tough female detective…

Detective Chief Inspector Gawn Girvin is called back from extended leave when a social media influencer couple goes missing on the Northern Ireland coast.

One is the son of the Norwegian ambassador, and Gawn is specially requested to oversee bringing them home. Powerful figures are demanding results.

However, when videos emerge of the woman being tortured, the stakes are raised. Something tells Gawn it is not just money that the kidnappers want.

Meanwhile, a well-known criminal lawyer is executed in Belfast and a fingerprint is uncovered that is linked to events in Gawn’s family’s past.

Gawn will have to quickly tie up the loose threads, and avoid the trap awaiting her.

LASTING INFLUENCE is the eighth murder mystery by Northern Ireland’s bestselling fiction talent Linda Hagan. It can be enjoyed entirely on its own, or alongside the other books. The full list is as follows:

1. THE PERFUME KILLER

2. MURDER SKY HIGH

3. A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH

4. KILLING THE VIBE

5. THAT MUCH SHE KNEW

6. MURDER ON THE TABLE

7. NOTHING BUT SMILES

8. LASTING INFLUENCE

Author Biography

Born in Belfast but having lived all her adult life in Carrickfergus, on the shores of Belfast Lough, The Perfume Killer is Linda Hagan’s debut novel. It introduces a whole series featuring DCI Gawn Girvin of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. Linda interlinks mystery, murder and crime with a touch of romance which will have you wondering who you – and Gawn – can trust before the killer strikes. The author is retired after a long career in the academia and education. The characters in the novels have been some twenty years in development and we’re delighted for them to finally see the light of day.

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