Author39 booksVal McDermid
Valerie McDermid is a Scottish crime writer of more than 30 novels. Her work is considered part of a sub-genre known as Tartan Noir, and is known for uncompromising depictions of violence. Her books have received numerous awards, including the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award and the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award.
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Books by Val McDermid
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The Mermaids Singing
Forensics
A Place of Execution
The Grave Tattoo
The distant echo
Killing the shadows
Wire in the Blood
Report for Murder
Final Edition
The Last Temptation
Cross and Burn
Out of Bounds
Insidious Intent
Beneath the bleeding
MatchUp
Blue genes
Dead beat
The torment of others
Fever of the Bone
Booked for Murder
Union Jack
Trick of the dark
Darker Domain
Marple
Kick back
Crack down
Common Murder
Northanger Abbey
The retribution
Clean break
Splinter the Silence
The vanishing point
The skeleton road
Give unto Others
Cleanskin
Stranded
Hostage to Murder
Broken ground
A Suitable job for a woman
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