Overview

From the no.1 bestseller Val McDermid: Lindsay Gordon teams up with a fellow journalist to investigate a kidnapping After a chance encounter leads to new opportunities, freelance journalist Lindsay Gordon partners with Rory Mclaren to investigate the kidnapping of Jack Gourlay, a local car dealer’s stepson. But when Jack’s stepfather, Tam, is killed in an explosion, Lindsay and Rory realise this case is far more dangerous than expected. As the violence escalates, Lindsay and Rory are caught in a web of political intrigue and personal vendettas, from which they may not escape with their lives. 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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‘Tough, exciting, moody and unpredictable’ The Times ‘Neatly constructed and splendidly sarcastic’ Daily Telegraph ‘The writing is tough and colourful, the scene setting excellent’ Times Literary Supplement ‘There are wisecracks galore and the whole ends on a high note. This is terrific fun’ Independent ‘McDermid not only keeps you guessing but keeps you interested’ Sunday Telegraph 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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