Longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2023
Longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize 2023
1989. The world is on the brink of revolution and journalist Allie Burns is a woman on a mission.
When she discovers a lead about the exploitation of society's most vulnerable,Allie is determined to investigate and give voice to the silenced.
Elsewhere,a ticking clock begins the countdown to a murder. As Allie begins to connect the dots and edges closer to exposing the truth,it is more shocking than she ever imagined. There's nothing like a killer story,and to tell it,Allie must risk her freedom and her life.
Publisher: Little,Brown Book GroupISBN: 9780751583137Number of pages: 464Weight: 320 gDimensions: 196 x 126 x 36 mm
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'1989,by reigning queen of UK crime Val McDermid,is a sequel to her change-of-pace 1979 ,the memorable beginning to a quintet of books set in a Glaswegian tabloid office...This is every bit as accomplished as its predecessor,with the same crisp sense of an increasingly distant era.'- The Financial Times
Val McDermid
Often hailed as the modern Queen of Crime,Scottish author Val McDermid's work includes several bestselling series,including the Lindsay Gordon,Kate Brannigan,Inspector Karen Pirie series and the Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series,the first of which,The Mermaids Singing,won the Crime Writers'Association Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the Year. The Hill Jordan series was adapted for the highly successful television drama; Wire in the Blood.
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