Every Breath You Take by Sheila Quigley

What the cover says:
"A stranger stalks the streets of Houghton-Le-Spring and for Detective Inspector Lorraine Hunt he is getting too close for comfort.
Selina, the daughter of Lorraine's partner, DS Luke Daniels, is a beautiful and wilful sixteen-year-old with a dark past. Just as it seems she's finally getting back on her feet, she is attacked. Is Selina's past catching up with her? Or is there an even more sinister motive for the assault?
Before long, Lorraine and Luke's worst fears are realised, and a body is found. A young woman, brutally murdered, her heart cut out, and in its place - a single white rose.
Soon the White Rose Killer steps up his campaign. Is DI Hunt imagining it? or does he have a message specially for her? As he circles ever closer, nobody escapes suspicion and Lorraine faces her toughest case yet."

This isn't a bad book, good characters and storyline, with a highly exciting ending. Unfortunately, the inconsistent and wholly unnecessary use of "yer" for "you" was deeply irritating. Writing in dialect is all well and good, but changing just one word on an intermittent basis adds nothing to the storyline and detracts on reading pleasure.

6/10