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(0)Val McDermid
23) Still life
Author
Series
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The UK's "Queen of Crime" Val McDermid returns to her propulsive series featuring cold case detective Karen Pirie, who finds herself investigating the shadowy world of forgery, where things are never what they seem. Still Life is intensely gripping from the first page and further proof that McDermid is writing at the top of her game. When a lobster fisherman on an early morning run pulls in his traps, he finds something he wasn't expecting to catch-a...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
When a dying reality television star's child is snatched at an international airport, ghost writer and guardian Stephanie Harker assists the FBI's search while investigating the family's past to discover a motive for the abduction.
26) 1979
Author
Series
Allie Burns novel volume 1
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Val McDermid's award-winning, internationally bestselling novels have captivated readers for over three decades. In her new novel 1979, she returns to the past with the story of an investigative journalist whose work leads her into a world of corruption, terror, and murder. It's only January, and the year has already brought blizzards, strikes, power cuts, and political unrest. But for journalist Allie Burns, bad news provides an opportunity to escape...
27) Clean break
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
English kick-boxer and Rudyard Kipling fan Kate Brannigan chases down art thieves in Italy while unravelling a nasty case of product tampering in her homeland
30) Crack down
Author
Series
Kate Brannigan mystery volume 3
Publisher
HarperPaperbacks
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
Private eye Kate Brannigan and her boyfriend Richard go undercover to investigate a car sales fraud only to have Richard framed for drug trafficking.
Author
Language
English
Description
In a suicide's room, seven clocks tick ominously, and the last words of a dying friend are "seven dials." The enigmatic sevens lead Jimmy Thesiger and his dashing cohort "Bundle" Brent to a Soho club. There they learn of the Seven Dials Society: seven masked conspirators who meet in a secret room to talk about stealing scientific secrets and hushing up murder.
34) Resistance
Author
Publisher
Black Cat
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Journalist Zoe Meadows is on a break from hard-hitting investigative reporting to spend more time with her family, which is how she finds herself doing celebrity Q&As at an outdoor music festival. She and her friends, who run a food truck, head north, along with 150,000 festival-goers for a weekend of music and camping. When some of the revelers fall ill, many point to food poisoning. But after the festival ends and attendees scatter across England,...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Psychology professor Dr. Tony Hill is called in by the police to help investigate serial killers in Northern England. After some initial resistance from the brass, Tony eventually forms a close relationship with the tough-as-nails DI Carol Jordan and, in Series 4, with empathetic DI Alex Fielding.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Criminal psychologist Dr. Tony Hill and DI Alex Fielding are back on the trail of terrifying serial killers in Series 5 and 6 of this gripping British crime series. As the cases put pressure on their close but uneasy partnership, Tony and Alex face problems in their personal lives that impact their investigations.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A brand-new collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Mystery's legendary detective Jane Marple, penned by 12 remarkable best-selling and acclaimed authors. This collection of 12 original short stories, all featuring Jane Marple, will introduce the character to a whole new generation. Each author reimagines Agatha Christie's Marple through their own unique perspective while staying true to the hallmarks of a traditional mystery ... Miss Marple...
Publisher
Koch Vision
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Based on the novels by Val McDermid, Wire in the Blood is the story of a clinical psychologist, Dr Tony Hill, who is called upon by the police to investigate mysterious killings across the north of England that are too baffling for most detectives. The hit dramatic crime series that doesn't pull any punches in its depiction of the darker side of the human psyche, which only serves to make each episode particularly intriguing, and often authentically...
40) MatchUp
Language
English
Description
In this incredible follow-up to the New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller FaceOff, twenty-two of the world's most popular thriller writers come together for an unforgettable anthology. MatchUp takes the never-before-seen bestseller pairings of Face Off and adds a delicious new twist: gender. Eleven of the world's best female thriller writers from Diana Gabaldon to Charlene Harris are paired with eleven of the world's best male thriller writers,...
