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Cleanskin Cleanskin Val McDermid A taut psychological thriller from the bestselling author behind the popular Wire in the Blood TV seriesWhen career criminal Jack Farlowe's body is found washed-up on a Suffolk shore, it looks to the… OL12730531W
Stranded Stranded Val McDermid 'There are stories here which will make you shudder, and which will linger long in the mind' Ian Rankin Passion. Obsession. Revenge. A stunning collection of chilling short stories from the queen of … OL15011214W
The retribution The retribution Val McDermid,Arnaud Baignot,Perrine Chambon Jacko Vance is an ex-celebrity and sociopath whose brilliance and utter lack of remorse have never left Tony's mind in the ten years since his imprisonment. Now Jacko has escaped from prison, and he … OL16473849W
The vanishing point The vanishing point Val McDermid 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 disc… OL17639754W
Northanger Abbey Northanger Abbey Val McDermid In this modern retelling of Austen's classic, bookish minister's daughter Cat Morland joins her well-to-do friends in Edinburgh and falls for an up-and-coming lawyer who may harbor unsettling secrets OL17882223W
Cross and Burn (Tony Hill / Carol Jordan) Cross and Burn (Tony Hill / Carol Jordan) Val McDermid Someone is brutally killing women. Women who bear a striking resemblance to former DCI Carol Jordan. The connection is too strong to ignore and soon psychological profiler Tony Hill finds himself dan… OL19358920W
Broken ground Broken ground Val McDermid When a body is discovered in the remote depths of the Highlands, DCI Karen Pirie finds herself in the right place at the right time. Unearthed with someone's long-buried inheritance, the victim seems… OL19764060W
The Skeleton Road The Skeleton Road Val McDermid "In the center of historic Edinburgh, builders are preparing to convert a disused Victorian Gothic building into luxury flats. They are understandably surprised to find skeletal remains hidden in a h… OL19988982W
Splinter the silence Splinter the silence Val McDermid "Is it violence if it's virtual? The outspoken women targeted by the increasingly cruel Internet trolls and bullies would probably say so. For some of them, the torrents of bile and vicious threats p… OL20013385W
Unthinkable! Unthinkable! Val McDermid,Steven Lawther 1 online resource (224 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : OL21548923W
Booked for murder Booked for murder Val McDermid In an effort to clear Meredith, Lindsay Gordon delves beneath the glittering facade of the seemingly glamorous world of London publishing in search of a murderer. OL24175378W
Forensics Forensics Val McDermid The dead talk. To the right listener, they tell us all about themselves: where they came from, how they lived, how they died - and who killed them. Forensic scientists can use a corpse, the scene of … OL25678813W
Life's Too Short Life's Too Short Val McDermid 1 v. (large print) OL34591152W
Like a Charm Like a Charm Professor of English and American Literature Peter Robinson,Denise Mina,Karin Slaughter,Mark Billingham,Lynda La Plante,Lee Child,Val McDermid,Susan Ericksen,John Connolly,Professor Department of Aeronautics John Harvey Winner of the Crime Writer's Association Diamond Dagger Award KARIN SLAUGHTER, MARK BILLINGHAM, LEE CHILD, JOHN CONNOLLY, JOHN HARVEY,LYNDA LA PLANTE, DENISE MINA, PETER ROBINSON - A STUNNING COLLECTION BY CRIME FICTION'S BEST...Desire leaves a man destroyed - … OL5725866W
Blue Genes (Kate Brannigan) Blue Genes (Kate Brannigan) Val McDermid Private eye Kate Brannigan confronts betrayal and cold-blooded greed as she investigates the alien world of medical experimentation and the underbelly of the rock music business. Kate Brannigan's not… OL58094W
Crack Down (Kate Brannigan) Crack Down (Kate Brannigan) Val McDermid 'Crime writing of the very highest order ... Kate Brannigan has turned into the most interesting sleuthess around' The TimesThere was only one reason Manchester-based private eye Kate Brannigan was p… OL58098W
A darker domain A darker domain Matthieu Farcot,Val McDermid Twenty-five years ago, the daughter of Scotland's richest man and her baby son were kidnapped and held to ransom. But Catriona Grant ended up dead and little Adam's fate is still unknown. When a new … OL58099W
Killing the Shadows Killing the Shadows Val McDermid Fiona Cameron, academic psychologist, used to help the police track serial offenders. She vowed never to work again for the Met when they ignored her advice but, when her friend's fellow crime noveli… OL58100W
Union Jack (Lindsay Gordon Mystery) Union Jack (Lindsay Gordon Mystery) Val McDermid Fourth in the series featuring investigative journalist Lindsay Gordon. When union leader Tom Jack falls to his death from her bedroom window after a spectacularly public row with Lindsay, it seems t… OL58105W
Booked for Murder (A Lindsay Gordon Mystery) Booked for Murder (A Lindsay Gordon Mystery) Val McDermid Lindsay Gordon investigates the murder of a bestselling author and discovers that, beneath the glittering facade, the London publishing world is a hotbed of seething rivalries, soured relationships a… OL58107W
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