Booked for Murder: 5 (A Lindsay Gordon mystery) - Softcover

McDermid, Val

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0704345951 ISBN 13: 9780704345959

Publisher: The Women's Press Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

The death of bestselling author, Penny Varnavides, is an exact replica of the murder in her unpublished novel but only three people know the plot. Her old friend Lindsay Gordon uncovers the truth.

About this title

Review:

‘A jolly romp through the world of London publishing.’ Independent

‘Funny and scary by turns; always sharp.’ Daily Telegraph

‘The writing is tough and colourful, the scene setting excellent.’ Times Literary Supplement

From the Publisher:

Laughing to Death
Bestselling author, Penny Varvides is dead, and Lindsay Gordon’s friendship with Penny means that she feels compelled to find out who did it. The bizarre method of killing replicates a murder in Penny’s latest book which only a handful of people have read... Val McDermid not only writes excellent, entertaining, suspenseful crime, she adds humour to the equation in a genre where laughs are often missing.

‘The writing is tough and colourful, the scene setting excellent.’The Times Literary Supplement

‘Tough, exciting, moody and unpredictable.’ The Times

‘Neatly constructed and splendidly sarcastic.’ The Daily Telegraph

‘Has the reader gripped from the first page...both moody and hilarious and thoroughly unpredictable.’ Tribune

‘Compulsive reading.’ Herald

‘Plot, characterisation, pace are all first-rate.’ Sunday Telegraph

‘An ultra cunning denouement.’ Scotsman

About this edition

• Publisher: The Women's Press Ltd
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0704345951
• ISBN 13: 9780704345959
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208