Val McDermid | Bookhype

Val McDermid was a journalist for sixteen years and is now a full-time writer living in South Manchester. In 1995, she won the Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year for The Mermaids Singing. Her novel A Place of Execution won a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, was nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel, and named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.

Jul 1, 2003

Cover of Hostage To Murder

Hostage To Murder (Lindsay Gordon Crime, #6) (A Lindsay Gordon mystery)

May 1, 2003

Cover of The Distant Echo

The Distant Echo (Detective Karen Pirie, #1) (Karen Pirie, #1)

Feb 4, 2002

Cover of The Last Temptation

The Last Temptation (Tony Hill and Carol Jordan, #3) (Dr. Tony Hill and Carol Jordan Mysteries, #3)

Jun 5, 2000

Cover of Killing the Shadows

Killing the Shadows (St. Martin's Minotaur Mysteries)

Jun 7, 1999

Cover of A Place of Execution

A Place of Execution (Wheeler Compass)

Apr 1, 1999

Cover of Cccc

Sep 21, 1998

Cover of Star Struck

Star Struck (PI Kate Brannigan, #6) (Kate Brannigan Mysteries)

Nov 3, 1997

Cover of The Wire in the Blood

The Wire in the Blood (Tony Hill and Carol Jordan, #2) (Dr. Tony Hill and Carol Jordan Mysteries, #2) (Dr. Tony Hill and Carol Jordan, #2)

Apr 1, 1997

Cover of Deadline for Murder

Deadline for Murder (A Lindsay Gordon mystery)

Nov 1, 1996

Cover of Booked for Murder

Booked for Murder (A Lindsay Gordon mystery, #5) (Lindsay Gordon Crime, #5)

May 23, 1996

Cover of Blue Genes

Blue Genes (PI Kate Brannigan, #5) (Kate Brannigan Mysteries) (G. K. Hall Mystery)

Nov 6, 1995

Cover of The Mermaids Singing

The Mermaids Singing (Tony Hill and Carol Jordan, #1) (Dr. Tony Hill and Carol Jordan Mysteries, #1)

Sep 25, 1995

Cover of A Suitable Job for a Woman

A Suitable Job for a Woman

May 25, 1995

Cover of Clean Break

Clean Break (PI Kate Brannigan, #4) (Kate Brannigan Mysteries)

May 19, 1994

Cover of Crack Down

Crack Down (PI Kate Brannigan, #3) (Kate Brannigan Mysteries)

Sep 1, 1993

Cover of Kickback

Aug 1, 1993

Cover of Union Jack

Union Jack (Lindsay Gordon Crime, #4) (A Lindsay Gordon mystery, #4)

May 6, 1993

Cover of Kick Back

Kick Back (PI Kate Brannigan, #2) (Kate Brannigan Mysteries)

Apr 1, 1993

Cover of Dead Beat

Dead Beat (PI Kate Brannigan, #1) (Kate Brannigan Mysteries)

Apr 1, 1991

Cover of Final Edition

Final Edition (Lindsay Gordon Crime, #3) (A Lindsay Gordon mystery, #3)

Apr 1, 1991

Cover of Open and Shut

Sep 1, 1989

Cover of Common Murder

Common Murder (A Lindsay Gordon mystery, #2) (Lindsay Gordon Crime, #2)

Jan 1, 1987

Cover of Report for Murder

Report for Murder (Lindsay Gordon Crime, #1) (A Lindsay Gordon mystery, #1)