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About ROAD TO HARM an absolutely gripping British crime thriller full of twists (Detective Fran Harman Mysteries)

Meet Kent’s former Detective Chief Superintendent Fran Harman. She’s given everything to rise to the top. She’s menopausal, overworked — and the only one who can crack this impossible case. Please note, this book was previously published as Green and Pleasant Land. Retirement doesn’t suit Fran. Fresh from honeymoon, she volunteers to reopen an unsolved case. To find the trail’s so cold, it’s frozen. Twenty years ago, a glamorous footballer’s wife, Natalie Foreman, drove her car out into the woods. With her two young sons in the back and a blizzard raging all around. That was the last time anyone saw Natalie and her eldest son. Dead or alive. A passerby stumbled on her car, abandoned at the roadside. With the body of her youngest son still strapped in his car seat. What made Natalie walk away from her perfect life — and her famous footballer husband? Fran’s convinced there’s more to this power couple than meets the eye. Especially when she finds herself frozen out at every turn: by Natalie’s parents and by surly officers keen to cover their backs . . . Someone out there knows the truth. And they will stop at nothing to keep their shocking secrets. Discover a fiendishly twisty British crime mystery from a bestselling author. Fans of Angela Marsons, A.J. Cross, Mel Sherratt and Helen H. Durrant are sure to be hooked. READERS LOVE ROAD TO HARM: ‘In Cutler, we are undoubtedly dealing with the crème de la crème.’ The Times ‘A warhorse of a character.’ Northern Echo ‘A very sympathetic character facing the difficulties of her position and age with great determination.’ Crime Squad ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Hurrah. A book with a menopausal woman dealing with aged parents as the heroine. And she not only gets the murderer but a man as well.’ Ann ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Engrossing procedural with human interest . . . Judith Cutler is a master of her craft.’ Mary ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Well written and absorbing . . . I could sympathize with Fran in her dilemma.’ Damaskcat ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘An enjoyable, old-fashioned, romping good read. Kept me guessing until the end.’ Susan ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A good balance between personal background and the crime solving.’ Mrs SJ Frankis ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘One of the best I’ve read for ages, very true to life and really brought home some experiences.’ Muriel THE DETECTIVE Officers don’t come more driven than Detective Chief Superintendent Fran Harman. She’s spent decades rising through the ranks of the Kent Force, while handling everything life has to throw at her. Including the untimely death of the love of her life. Now, aged fifty-three, she finds herself menopausal, overworked and alone. Torn between her career and the demands of caring for two elderly parents, is she about to burn out? THE SETTING Fran Harman’s made a cozy home for herself in Lenham, a picture-perfect little village in the Kent countryside, in the south of England. This cottage is her refuge, the place she comes back to to unwind after a hard day’s work at the station.

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