The Catch
A Novel

What a captivating, tense, brilliantly executed read! Martha has everything thrown at her, from her Met colleagues, MI5, gangsters, to the biggest threat of all, the deadly and cleverly evil, corrupt ex colleague Tony Green. Can Martha's closely guarded, tight knit team, Harry, Julie and Justin keep......more

Fast moving, Intense, Dramatic. The Catch by Michael Leese is the most recent in the Detective Martha Munroe series. Martha’s dead father Commander Monroe ran the Met’s anti-corruption unit, thus generating enemies which his daughter has inherited. Her father also had a “consigliore” Harry, who now p......more

2.5* Full of stilted, uncolloquial, non-contracted speech that belied any urgency in this tale. I'm new to this series, which sounded pretty good, especially as Martha was a working mum and police officer. Unfortunately, I never felt any aspect of danger, as the whole posse seemed to drink endless te......more

The Catch by Michael Leese is the latest installment in the Detective Martha Munroe series. Martha’s late father, Commander Monroe, once led the Met’s anti-corruption unit—an uncompromising role that left behind dangerous enemies, many of whom now target Martha. Her father’s former “consigliore,” Ha......more

The Catch is the third installment in the Martha Munro series, and even though it’s the first book in the series I read, I didn’t feel like I was missing out on too much as the author did a great job of providing their backstories. The story picks up with Martha and her team tracking the return of To......more