Reviews By Val McDermid 1999 Visit Val's Author Page or E-mail Val with any comments
See Val's Cream Of The Corpses for 1998 and Reviews for 1998 Val's reviews originally appear in the Manchester Evening News. Last Updated 12 May 00

November A Place of Safety
by Caroline Graham Ashes to Ashes
by Tami Hoag Water of Death
by Paul Johnston An Uncertain Death
by Carolyn Morwood Judas Child
by Carol O'Connell
October Every Dead Thing
by John Connolly Hard Time
by Sara Paretsky In Your Face
by Scarlett Thomas
September High Five
by Janet Evanovich Now's the Time
by John Harvey Now's the Time
by John Harvey Past Reason
by Margaret Murphy The Axeman's Jazz
by Julie Smith Nights in White Satin
by Michelle Spring
August L.A. Requiem
by Robert Crais Skull Session
by Daniel Hecht Easy Money
by Jenny Siler
July Creeping Ivy
by Natasha Cooper Lie in the Dark
by Dan Fesperman Lie in the Dark
by Dan Fesperman A Small Death in Lisbon
by Robert Wilson
June Hannibal
by Thomas Harris Water of Death
by Paul Johnston Death du Jour
by Kathy Reichs
May The Eye of the Beholder
by Marc Behm Shelter
by Chaz Brenchley Indigo Slam
by Robert Crais Mapping the Edge
by Sarah Dunant The First Eagle
by Tony Hillerman A Little Death
by Laura Wilson
April Dead Before Dying
by Deon Meyer In Your Face
by Scarlett Thomas
March Manchester Slingback
by Nicholas Blincoe Staring at the Light
by Frances Fyfield A Place of Safety
by Caroline Graham Ashes to Ashes
by Tami Hoag Death Duties
by Phil Lovesey Sworn to Defend
by Carolyn Wheat
February Blind Date
by Frances Fyfield Trick Shot
by David Hunt Fatal Remedies
by Donna Leon The Bird Yard
by Julia Wallis Martin The Ultimate Rush
by Joe Quirk Messiah
by Boris Starling
January Every Dead Thing
by John Connolly A Long Finish
by Michael Dibdin The Birth of a New Moon
by Laurie R. King Judas Child
by Carol O'Connell

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