1989: The brand-new thriller from the No.1 bestseller - Val McDermid

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1989: The brand-new thriller from the No.1 bestseller - Val McDermid Book

Author: Val McDermid

Publisher: Sphere; 1st edition

Cover Type: Paperback

Pages: 432 pages

Language: English

Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers & Suspense

Genre Class: Fiction, Literature, Thrillers, Suspense

THE SECOND THRILLING NOVEL IN VAL MCDERMIDS NEW SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING SERIESIts 1989 and Allie Burns is back.Older and maybe wiser, shes running the northern news operation of the Sunday Globe, chafing at losing her role in investigative journalism and at the descent into the gutter of the UK tabloid media.But theres plenty to keep her occupied. The year begins with the memorial service to the victims of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, but Allie has barely filed her copy when she stumbles over a story about HIV/AIDS that will shock her into a major change of direction.The world of newspapers is undergoing a revolution, theres skulduggery in the medical research labs and there are seismic rumblings behind the Iron Curtain. When kidnap and murder are added to this potent mix, Allie is forced to question all her old certainties.Praise for 1979McDermid is at her considerable best GUARDIANIrresistible PATRICIA CORNWELLA brilliant novel by a supremo of the genre PETER JAMESOutstanding SPECTATORAnother masterpiece DAVID BALDACCISensational. One of Britains most accomplished writers SUNDAY EXPRESSA thrilling snapshot of a fascinating era JANE HARPERAllie Burns is off to a flying start, and well worth following SCOTSMANA brilliant thriller LINWOOD BARCLAYA nail-biting new series OBSERVERFull of wit, thrills and incisive social observation MICK HERRONHer best book in years THE TIMES

P> Review Praise for 1979 - -The Queen of Crime has done it again, this time with Allie Burns, a relentless investigative journalist who birddogs crime and terror back in the days of typewriters and smoke-filled newsrooms. Masterfully set in Edinburgh, 1979 transports us from the first page. Val McDermids latest is more than just a compelling story. Its an irresistible and palpable journey thats especially gratifying in todays remote worldMcDermid can do edge-of-seat suspense better than most novelists . . . An excellent opener to what promises to be an outstanding series - SpectatorA brilliant novel by a supremo of the genre at the height of her powers. A cast of engaging new characters promise to make this an unmissable new series and a thrilling addition to the genreA tour-de-force by the amazing McDermid. From the very first pages she effortlessly transports us back in time . . . The plot and characters are remarkable and compelling. Hopefully, we will see the crackerjack Allie Burns back on the pages. The Queen of Crime has delivered another masterpiece Review Praise for 1979 - -The Queen of Crime has done it again, this time with Allie Burns, a relentless investigative journalist who birddogs crime and terror back in the days of typewriters and smoke-filled newsrooms. Masterfully set in Edinburgh, 1979 transports us from the first page. Val McDermids latest is more than just a compelling story. Its an irresistible and palpable journey thats especially gratifying in todays remote worldMcDermid can do edge-of-seat suspense better than most novelists . . . An excellent opener to what promises to be an outstanding series - SpectatorA brilliant novel by a supremo of the genre at the height of her powers. A cast of engaging new characters promise to make this an unmissable new series and a thrilling addition to the genreA tour-de-force by the amazing McDermid. From the very first pages she effortlessly transports us back in time . . . The plot and characters are remarkable and compelling. Hopefully, we will see the crackerjack Allie Burns back on the pages. The Queen of Crime has delivered another masterpiece Book Description The Queen of Crimes second pulse-racing thriller in the new Allie Burns series From the Publisher Val McDermid is a number one bestseller whose novels have been translated into forty languages, and have sold over eighteen million copies. She has won many awards internationally, including the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year and the LA Times Book of the Year Award. She was inducted into the ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards Hall of Fame in 2009, was the recipient of the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2010 and received the Lambda Literary Foundation Pioneer Award in 2011. In 2016, Val received the Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction Award at the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival and in 2017 received the DIVA Literary Prize for Crime, and was elected a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Val has served as a judge for the Womens Prize for Fiction and the Man Booker Prize, and was Chair of the Wellcome Book Prize in 2017. She is the recipient of six honorary doctorates, is an Honorary Fellow of St Hildas College, Oxford and a Professor at the University of Otago in New Zealand. She writes full time and divides her time between Edinburgh and East Neuk of Fife. About the Author: Val McDermid is a number one bestseller whose novels have been translated into forty languages, and have sold over nineteen million copies. She has won many awards internationally, including the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year and the LA Times Book of the Year Award. She was inducted into the ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards Hall of Fame in 2009, was the recipient of the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2010 and received the Lambda Literary Foundation Pioneer Award in 2011.In 2016, Val received the Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction Award at the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival and in 2017 received the DIVA Literary Prize for Crime, and was elected a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Val has served as a judge for the Womens Prize for Fiction and the Man Booker Prize, and was Chair of the Wellcome Book Prize in 2017. She is the recipient of seven honorary doctorates, is an Honorary Fellow of St Hildas College, Oxford and a Professor at the University of Otago in New Zealand. She writes full time and divides her time between Edinburgh and East Neuk of Fife.

GTIN: 9780751583113