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From the no.1 bestseller Val McDermid: journalist Lindsay Gordon becomes embroiled in a world of secrets, lies and blackmail in this gripping thriller When Alison Maxwell, a well-known Glaswegian journalist, is found murdered, the police look no further than the owner of the scarf use to strangle her, Alison’s former lover, Jackie Fellow journalist Lindsay Gordon doesn’t believe that Jackie is capable of murder and digs into Alison’s life to find the true culprit. She soon discovers that Alison secretly kept records of her affairs. Suddenly the list of suspects is a mile long. Jackie’s trial has already begun, and Lindsay is running out of time – can she find Alison’s killer before it’s too late? Praise for Val McDermid ‘McDermid remains unrivalled … Brilliant’ Observer ‘Val McDermid is a born storyteller… absorbing reading’ Sunday Telegraph ‘A classic … McDermid pulls out all the stops. Impeccable’ Guardian

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Praise for Val McDermid: 'Val McDermid is an inspiration' Herald 'A well-pitched and topical mystery' Sunday Times 'McDermid's snappy, often comic, prose keeps the story humming' Publishers Weekly ‘The real mistress of psychological gripping thrillers; no one can plot or tell a story like she can’ Daily Express ‘The Queen of Crime reigns’ Independent ‘McDermid remains unrivalled … Brilliant’ Observer ‘With the deaths of PD James and Ruth Rendell, Val McDermid is the obvious successor as Britain's Queen of Crime. For me, she has already held that title for many years’ The Times ‘McDermid still writes with the telltale verve that's won her the accolade queen of psychological thrillers’ Guardian ‘No one rivals Val McDermid's skill at writing truly terrifying thrillers’ GoodHousekeeping ‘McDermid has created a complex and prickly detective. The relationship intertwines a realistic romance with a solid detective story' Washington Times ‘[She is] fresh and funny with a sparkling sense of time and place’ Literary Review

Praise for Val McDermid: 'Val McDermid is an inspiration' Herald 'A well-pitched and topical mystery' Sunday Times 'McDermid's snappy, often comic, prose keeps the story humming' Publishers Weekly ‘The real mistress of psychological gripping thrillers; no one can plot or tell a story like she can’ Daily Express ‘The Queen of Crime reigns’ Independent ‘McDermid remains unrivalled … Brilliant’ Observer ‘With the deaths of PD James and Ruth Rendell, Val McDermid is the obvious successor as Britain's Queen of Crime. For me, she has already held that title for many years’ The Times ‘McDermid still writes with the telltale verve that's won her the accolade queen of psychological thrillers’ Guardian ‘No one rivals Val McDermid's skill at writing truly terrifying thrillers’ GoodHousekeeping ‘McDermid has created a complex and prickly detective. The relationship intertwines a realistic romance with a solid detective story' Washington Times ‘[She is] fresh and funny with a sparkling sense of time and place’ Literary Review

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Val McDermid grew up in a Scottish mining community then read English at Oxford. She was a journalist for sixteen years, spending the last three as Northern Bureau Chief of a national Sunday tabloid. She divides her time between Northumberland and Cheshire.

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