The dead hand of history : A DCI Monica Paniatowski mystery

The first in a new series featuring Charlie Woodend's protege, DCI Monika Paniatowski - It will be no easy task to fill DCI Charlie Woodend's shoes, the newly-promoted Monika Paniatowski tells herself, but, given a little time, she thinks she can grow into them. Yet, with the discovery of a severed hand, time is the one thing she does not have. When her colleagues prove untrustworthy, the urge to call Woodend for help becomes almost irresistible . . . This is the first in a new series of British procedurals, featuring the newly promoted DCI Monica Paniatowski. On her first day on the new job, a severed female hand is found on the riverbank, with the killer alerting the press On Monika's first day in the new job, a severed female hand is discovered on the riverbank. Only hours into the case, she finds she can no longer trust her colleagues-- or even herself