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Beneath the Bleeding

06 Aug 07

The Grave Tattoo

The Torment of Others

The Distant Echo

Hostage to Murder

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Hardback
Harpercollins (2007)

Beneath the Bleeding
Creator of TV's Wire in the Blood
The city of Bradfield is mourning.
First their star midfielder is murdered. Then an explosion rips through the football stadium, leaving dozens dead and many more injured.
Is it a terrorist attack? A personal vendetta against the team? Or something even more sinister?
Recovering in hospital, criminal profiler Dr Tony Hill struggles to make sense of the fragments of information he can gather. Unfortunately, his customary ally, DCI Carol Jordan, has been pushed to the margins of the investigation by the intelligence services and is struggling to maintain her own involvement.
It wouldn’t be so bad if they could agree about who they’re looking for. But even their relationship has its dislocations and dark places.
Beneath the Bleeding sets them at odds like never before. Now Tony and Carol must ask themselves questions they would never have thought possible, to find a killer they are unable to imagine…
'Our leading pathologist of everyday evil… the subtle orchestration of terror is masterful' Guardian
‘Thomas Harris crossed with Agatha Christie… Chilling’ Observer
‘A disturbing, high-tension book, unstinting in its portrayals of psychological distress’ The Times ‘Gripping and intelligent stuff’ Mail on Sunday
‘Serial killers are thankfully rare. It is a tribute to the power of Val McDermid’s imagination that she made this one seem so believable’ Daily Telegraph
‘Complex, combative and nuanced’ Express
‘Val McDermid, as ever, is adept at engendering irresistible suspense’ Times Literary Supplement
An intelligent and supremely talented novelist… This latest tale may not be comfortable but it is utterly compelling’ Glasgow Herald
`Stunningly exciting, horrifyingly good’ Ruth Rendell
‘Compelling and shocking’ Minette Walters

First British Edition Harpercollins (2006)

The Grave Tattoo
The International Bestseller
A superb psychological thriller in which present-day murder has its roots in the eighteenth century and the mutiny on the Bounty.
Summer in the Lake District and torrential rain uncovers a bizarrely tattooed body on a hillside. But that is not the only thing to come to the surface: centuries-old tales involving the legendary Pitcairn Massacre are being told again. Did Fletcher Christian, mutinous First Mate on the ill-fated Bounty, fake his own death in order to return home in secret?
Wordsworth scholar Jane Gresham wants to know the truth. There are persistent rumours that the Lakeland poet, a childhood friend of Christian’s, harboured the fugitive and turned his tale into an epic poem - a narrative that has since remained hidden. But as she follows each new lead. death follows hard on her heels. Suddenly, a 200-year-old mystery is putting lives on the line. And against the dramatic backdrop of England’s Lake District, a drama of life and death plays out, its ultimate prize a bounty worth millions.
Acclaim for Val McDermid
`Our leading pathologist of everyday evil ... the subtle orchestration of terror is masterful’ Maxim Jakubowski, Guardian
`The real mistress of psychological, gripping three’ Jenni Murray, Daily Express
`There is no one in contemporary crime fiction who has managed to combine the visceral and the humane as well as Val McDermid ... She’s the best we’ve got’ New York Times
`Good pace, enough blood to make us feel that murder is far from cold and clinical, and, best of all, characters you believe in’ Maeve Binchy, Mail On Sunday
'Val McDermid is a roaring Ferrari amid the crowded traffic on the crime-writing road' Independent
`Compelling and atmospheric ... a tour de force’ Minette Walters
`The plotting is impeccable, the atmosphere palpable, and I doubt that it will be surpassed this year’ Graham Caveney, Sunday Express
‘An especially taut and inventive thriller – McDermid on top form’ Daily Mail

First British Edition Harpercollins (2004)

The Torment of Others
On a blood-soaked mattress lies a dead prostitute, her limbs spread in a parody of ecstasy, panic and pain etched in her face. The scene matches in every detail a series of murders two years ago - murders that ended when irrefutable forensic evidence secured the conviction of Derek Tyler.
But there’s no way Tyler could have killed the latest victim. He’s been locked up in a mental institution since his trial, barely speaking a word. So is there a copycat?
All his years of experience tell top criminal psychologist Dr Tony Hill that there isn’t - but that would make the murders literally impossible. While Hill tries to crack Tyler, DCI Carol Jordan and her team mount a desperate undercover operation to trap the murderer - a decision that will have terrible consequences.

Hardback
Harpercollins (2003)

The Distant Echo
Stunning new psychological thriller from Britain's most exciting crime writer, the award-winning Val McDermid...
Four in the morning, mid-December, and snow is smothering St Andrews. Student Alex Gilbey and his three best friends are staggering home from a party when they stumble upon the body of a young woman. Rosie Duff has been raped, stabbed and left for dead in an ancient Pictish cemetery. And the only suspects are four young students stained with her blood.
Twenty-five years later, Fife police mount a cold case review. Among the unsolved murders they’re examining is that of Rosie Duff. But someone else has their own idea of how justice should be done. One of the original quartet dies in a suspicious house fire. Soon after, a second is killed in what looks like a burglary gone sour. But Alex fears the worst. Someone is taking revenge for Rosie Duff. He has to find out who it is before he becomes the next victim. And it might just save his life if he can uncover who really killed Rosie all those years ago.

British Pbk Original - Harpercollins (2003)

Hostage to Murder
Spraining an ankle is rarely a stroke of luck, but for Lindsay Gordon, jobless in Glasgow, the injury is her introduction to freelance journalist Rory McLaren and the opening of a new chapter in her life. Rory’s invitation to team up with her is irresistible. From there it is just a short step to political corruption and other juicy stories - all welcome distractions from Lindsay’s problems at home. But when a local car-dealer’s stepson is kidnapped, Lindsay and Rory trade journalism for detection. The trail leads them to St Petersburg and a dangerous snatch-back operation that will test Lindsay to her absolute limits.
`Tough, exciting, moody and unpredictable’ The Times

About The Author
Val McDermid grew up in a Scottish mining community then read English at Oxford. She was a journalist for sixteen years and is now a full-time writer livingin South Manchester. Val won the 1995 Golden Dagger Award given by the British Crime Writers' Association for Best Crime Novel of the year for her book Mermaids Singing. Her comples and disturbing stand-alone thriller A Place of Execution won the 2001 LA Times Mystery/Thriller Book Award. She has also written 6 crime novels featuring Kate Brannigan, and 5 more featuring Lindsay Gordon. She has written a non-fiction book on real-life female private eyes, A Suitable Job for a Woman and three psychological thrillers featuring forensic psychologist Tony Hill ('Manchester's answer to Thomas Harris' (Guardian)). You will find copies of Val’s Crime Fiction Reviews for the Manchester Evening News here at Tangled Web.
A major ITV series based on Val’s books will be broadcast in 2002 with Robson Green playing the lead role.

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Bibliography
N.B. dates and publishers in dark red indicate British First Editions. Dates and publishers in black indicate recent reprints.

Beneath the Bleeding (Harpercollins, 2007) Aug 07 (Tony Hill)

The Grave Tattoo (Harpercollins, 2006) Harpercollins Pbk Feb 07

The Torment of Others (Harpercollins, 2004) (Tony Hill)

The Distant Echo (Harpercollins, 2003) Pbk May 02

Hostage to Murder (Harpercollins Pbk, 2003) (Lindsay Gordon)

The Last Temptation (Harpercollins, 2002) Harpercollins Pbk Feb 03 (Tony Hill)

Killing The Shadows (Harpercollins, 2000) Harpercollins Pbk May 01

A Place of Execution (Harpercollins, 1999) Harpercollins Pbk Jun 00

A Career in Crime (Women's Press Pbk, 1999)

Star Struck (Harpercollins, 1998) Harpercollins Pbk May 99 (Kate Brannigan)

The Writing on the Wall and other Stories Short Stories (Revolver Pbk, 1997) Nov 97

The Wire In The Blood (Harpercollins, 1997) Harpercollins Pbk Aug 02 (Tony Hill)

Booked For Murder (Women's Press, 1996) Women's Press Pbk 1998 (Lindsay Gordon)

Blue Genes (Harpercollins, 1996) Harpercollins Pbk 1997 (Kate Brannigan)

The Mermaids Singing (Harpercollins, 1995) Harpercollins Pbk Aug 02 (Tony Hill)

Clean Break (Harpercollins, 1995) (Kate Brannigan)

A Suitable Job For A Woman (Harpercollins Pbk, 1994)

Crackdown (Harpercollins, 1994) (Kate Brannigan)

Kick Back (Gollancz, 1993) Vista Pbk 1996 (Kate Brannigan)

Union Jack (Women's Press, 1993) Women's Press Pbk Jul 01 (Lindsay Gordon)

Dead Beat (Gollancz, 1992) Vista Pbk 1993 (Kate Brannigan)

Final Edition (Women's Press, 1991) Women's Press Pbk 1998 (Lindsay Gordon)

Common Murder (Women's Press, 1989) Women's Press Pbk 1998 (Lindsay Gordon)

Report for Murder (Women's Press, 1987) Women's Press Pbk Jan 01 (Lindsay Gordon)