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Striking up an alliance with budding investigative journalist Danny Sullivan, Allie begins covering international tax fraud, then a group of Scottish ultranationalists aiming to cause mayhem ahead of a referendum on breaking away from the United Kingdom. Their stories quickly get attention and create enemies for the two young up-and-comers. As they get closer to the bleeding edge of breaking news, Allie and Danny may find their lives on the line.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe first novel in a brand-new series for McDermid, \u003ci\u003e1979\u003c\/i\u003e is redolent of the thundering presses, hammering typewriters, and wreaths of smoke of the \u003ci\u003eClarion\u003c\/i\u003e newsroom. 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The year begins with the memorial service for the victims of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, 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, there's skullduggery in the medical research labs and there are seismic rumblings behind the Iron Curtain. 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