Trick Of The Dark by Val Mcdermid

Trick Of The Dark by Val Mcdermid

Death is a hollow drum whose beat has measured out my adult life.' So writes Jay Macallan Stewart in her latest volume of memoirs. But nobody has ever asked whether that has been by accident or design. Nobody, that is, until Jay turns her sights on newly-wed and freshly-widowed Magda Newsam. For Magda's mother Corinna is an Oxford don who knows enough of Jay's history to be very afraid indeed. Determined to protect her daughter, Corinna turns to clinical psychologist Charlie Flint. But it's not the best time for Charlie. Her career is in ruins. Pilloried by the press, under investigation by her peers, she's barred from the profiling work she loves. What Corinna's asking may be her last chance at redemption. But as Charlie digs into the past and its trail of bodies she starts to realise the price of truth may be more than she wants to pay.

Wonderfully compelling stuff Daily Mail A workout for the grey cells, perfectly executed Daily Telegraph This standalone from the Scottish force of nature, and creator of Robson Green's Wire In The Blood TV series, is a brutally clever story Daily Mirror thoughtful, tender and always entertaining', Guardian 'Flawless, chilling and truly un-put-downable'

Val McDermid 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 and is the recipient of the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger for 2010.

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ISBN 13	9781408702017
ISBN 10	1408702010
Title	Trick Of The Dark
Author	Val Mcdermid
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Little, Brown Book Group
Year published	2010-09-02
Number of pages	464
Prizes	Short-listed for Galaxy National Book Awards: Thriller & Crime Novel of the Year in association with ibookstore 2011
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.