Val McDermid
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Series
Lindsay Gordon mysteries volume 5
Language
English
Description
Booked for Murder: Why would anyone want to kill Penny Varnavides, bestselling author of the Darkliners series? Her demise can't be the freak accident it first appeared; it's an exact replica of the murder method in her forthcoming book. Only three people knew the plot of Penny's unpublished novel: her literary agent, her editor, and her ex-girlfriend Meredith.
In an effort to clear Meredith's name, Lindsay Gordon delves beneath the glittering facade...
2) Stranded
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Language
English
Description
A superb collection of nineteen nail-biting, perfectly plotted short stories from internationally bestselling crime writer Val McDermid, the queen of the psychological thriller.
Author
Series
Lindsay Gordon mysteries volume 1
Language
English
Description
In one volume, the first two mysteries featuring a journalist who investigates a murder, from the Diamond Dagger winner known as "Britain's Queen of Crime" (The Times).
Self-proclaimed cynical socialist-lesbian-feminist and freelance journalist Lindsay Gordon is strapped for cash. Why else would she agree to cover a fund-raising gala at a girls' public school? But when the star attraction is found garroted with her own cello string moments before...
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English
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Two mysteries in one volume featuring the investigating journalist, from the Diamond Dagger Award-winning author.
Final Edition
When Alison Maxwell, a well-known Glaswegian journalist with an irresistible sexual attraction to both sexes, is found murdered, the police look no further than the owner of the scarf used to strangle her. Reporter Lindsay Gordon, however, suspects there's more to the story. Maxwell was a serial seductress who kept a secret...
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Two novels starring a tough PI in Manchester, England, from an author known for "crime writing of the very highest order" (The Times). There was only one reason Manchester-based private eye Kate Brannigan was prepared to let her boyfriend help out with the investigation into a car sales fraud: Nothing bad could happen. In Crack Down, Kate learns once again that with Richard, you have to expect the unexpected. This time the unexpected is that he's...
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English
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Diamond Dagger Award-Winning Author: Two mysteries introducing a Thai boxing, rock-and-roll female private detective from Manchester, England...
As a favor to her rock journalist boyfriend, Kate Branningan agrees to track down missing song-writer Moira Pollock, a search that takes her into some of the seediest parts of Leeds and Bradford. But little does she realize that finding Moira is only a prelude to murder. Juggling her other cases, including...
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English
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In Blue Genes, Kate Brannigan's not just having a bad day, she's having a bad week. The worst week of her life, if you really want to know. Her boyfriend's death notice is in the paper, her plan to catch a team of fraudsters is in disarray and a neo-punk band want her to find out who's sabotaging their publicity. And her business partner wants her to buy him out. If only she had the cash.
Kate can't even cry on her best friend's shoulder, for Alexis...
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Deutsch
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Jane Austens Northanger Abbey neu verfasst von Krimimeisterin Val McDermid
Lesen ist gefährlich! Zu gern verliert die 17-jährige Pfarrerstochter Cat Morland sich in der Welt der Bücher und träumt von aufregenden Abenteuern, die sie in ihrer Heimat im ländlichen Piddle Valley leider niemals finden wird. Zum Glück darf sie zu einem Kulturfestival nach Edinburgh reisen, wo sie sich in den jungen, aufstrebenden Rechtsanwalt Henry Tilney verliebt....
9) Past lying
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Series
Karen Pirie novels volume 7
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"It's April 2020 and Edinburgh is in lockdown. It would seem like a strange time for a cold case to go hot-the streets all but empty, an hour's outdoor exercise the maximum allowed-but a mere pandemic doesn't mean crime takes a holiday. When a source at the National Library contacts DCI Karen Pirie's team about documents in the archive of a recently deceased crime novelist, it seems it's game on again. At the center of it, a novel: two crime novelists...
10) Traces: Series 2
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Lab assistant Emma Hedges is now training to be a forensic chemist and is on the cusp of seeing her mother's murder case finally resolved. Daniel is to give evidence against his father. Will Emma and Daniel's relationship withstand the pressure? Will justice be served? Meanwhile, professors Sarah Gordon and Kathy Torrance are investigating a deadly bombing campaign. Homemade devices are going off around Dundee, with critical clues hidden inside the...