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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 is now a full-time writer and lives in South Manchester.
Awards: Theakston (2016), Barry (2011), CWA (2010), Macavity (2001) see all
Genres: Mystery, Historical Mystery, Literary Fiction
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Series
Lindsay Gordon
1. Report for Murder (1987)
2. Common Murder (1989)
3. Final Edition (1991)
aka Open And Shut / Deadline for Murder
4. Union Jack (1993)
5. Booked For Murder (1996)
6. Hostage to Murder (2003)
1. Report for Murder (1987)
2. Common Murder (1989)
3. Final Edition (1991)
aka Open And Shut / Deadline for Murder
4. Union Jack (1993)
5. Booked For Murder (1996)
6. Hostage to Murder (2003)
Kate Brannigan
1. Dead Beat (1992)
2. Kick Back (1993)
3. Crack Down (1994)
4. Clean Break (1995)
5. Blue Genes (1996)
6. Star Struck (1998)
1. Dead Beat (1992)
2. Kick Back (1993)
3. Crack Down (1994)
4. Clean Break (1995)
5. Blue Genes (1996)
6. Star Struck (1998)
Tony Hill and Carol Jordan
1. The Mermaids Singing (1995)
2. The Wire In The Blood (1997)
3. The Last Temptation (2002)
4. The Torment of Others (2004)
5. Beneath the Bleeding (2007)
6. Fever of the Bone (2009)
7. The Retribution (2011)
8. Cross and Burn (2013)
9. Splinter the Silence (2015)
10. Insidious Intent (2017)
11. How the Dead Speak (2019)
1. The Mermaids Singing (1995)
2. The Wire In The Blood (1997)
3. The Last Temptation (2002)
4. The Torment of Others (2004)
5. Beneath the Bleeding (2007)
6. Fever of the Bone (2009)
7. The Retribution (2011)
8. Cross and Burn (2013)
9. Splinter the Silence (2015)
10. Insidious Intent (2017)
11. How the Dead Speak (2019)
Karen Pirie
1. The Distant Echo (2003)
2. A Darker Domain (2008)
3. The Skeleton Road (2014)
4. Out of Bounds (2016)
5. Broken Ground (2018)
6. Still Life (2020)
7. Past Lying (2023)
8. Silent Bones (2025)
1. The Distant Echo (2003)
2. A Darker Domain (2008)
3. The Skeleton Road (2014)
4. Out of Bounds (2016)
5. Broken Ground (2018)
6. Still Life (2020)
7. Past Lying (2023)
8. Silent Bones (2025)
Novels
A Place of Execution (1999)
Killing The Shadows (2000)
Naked Came the Phoenix (2001) (with others)
The Grave Tattoo (2006)
Trick of the Dark (2010)
The Vanishing Point (2012)
Inherit the Dead (2013) (with others)
Killing The Shadows (2000)
Naked Came the Phoenix (2001) (with others)
The Grave Tattoo (2006)
Trick of the Dark (2010)
The Vanishing Point (2012)
Inherit the Dead (2013) (with others)
Collections
The Writing on the Wall (1997)
Stranded (2004)
Magnetic North (2005) (with others)
Cross Roads (2013)
Gunpowder Plots (2013)
Christmas is Murder (2020)
Marple (2022) (with others)
Stranded (2004)
Magnetic North (2005) (with others)
Cross Roads (2013)
Gunpowder Plots (2013)
Christmas is Murder (2020)
Marple (2022) (with others)
Novellas and Short Stories
Series contributed to
Picture Books show
Graphic Novels show
Non fiction show
Omnibus editions show
Books containing stories by Val McDermid
Exit Wounds (2019)
Nineteen Tales of Mystery from the Modern Masters of Crime
edited by
Paul Kane and Marie O'Regan
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Val McDermid recommends
Strange Sally Diamond (2023)
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"It's compassionate and challenging, letting us imagine the lives that are forgotten when the news cycle moves on . . . a very special book."
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