Still Life
The heart-pounding number one bestseller that will have you gripped
$25.36
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
9 February 2021
Summary
‘No one can tell a story like she can’
‘The queen of psychological thrillers’
‘The bodies never stay buried forever …’
On a freezing winter morning, fishermen pull a body from the sea. It is quickly discovered that the dead man was the prime suspect in a decade-old investigation, when a prominent civil servant disappeared without trace. DCI Karen Pirie was the last detective to review the file and is drawn into a sinister world of betrayal and dark s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780751576948 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0751576948 |
| Author: | Val McDermid |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Sphere |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 9 February 2021 |
| Weight: | 370g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 38mm |
| Series: | Karen Pirie |
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Critics Review
McDermid remains unrivalled … brilliant
- ObserverFurther evidence that her “Queen of Crime” status will not be challenged - ScotsmanThere aren’t many to touch her for insight into the minds of hunter and hunted - Susan Hill‘McDermid’s storytelling is as classy and compelling as ever - GuardianAbout The Author
Val McDermid
Val McDermid is an international number one bestselling author whose books have been translated into more than forty languages. Her multi-award-winning series and standalone novels have been adapted for TV and radio, most notably the Wire in the Blood series featuring clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill and DCI Carol Jordan. The Karen Pirie novels have now been adapted for a major ITV series.
Val has been chair of the judges for the Wellcome Book Prize and the Gordon Burn Prize, and has served as a judge for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, the Man Booker Prize and the Royal Society Book Prize. She is the recipient of eight honorary doctorates and is an Honorary Fellow of St Hilda’s College, Oxford. She is a visiting professor in the Centre of Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Otago in New Zealand. Among her many awards are the CWA Diamond Dagger recognising lifetime achievement and the Theakston’s Old Peculier award for Outstanding Contribution to Crime Writing. Val is also an experienced broadcaster and much-sought-after columnist and commentator across print media.
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