Booked for Murder: The Fifth Lindsay Gordon Mystery (Lindsay Gordon Mystery Series) - Softcover

McDermid, Val

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9781883523374: Booked for Murder: The Fifth Lindsay Gordon Mystery (Lindsay Gordon Mystery Series)

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ISBN 10: 1883523370 ISBN 13: 9781883523374

Publisher: Spinsters Ink, 2000

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Why would anyone want to kill bestselling author Penny Varnavides? Her demise can't be the freak accident it first appeared to be: it is an exact replica of the unique murder method employed in her forthcoming novel. Only three people seemed to know the details of this unpublished book - her literary agent, her editor, and her ex-girlfriend, Meredith. Who stood to gain the most from Penny's death? Did anyone else know about this unusual plot device?
In an effort to clear her friend Meredith's name, Lindsay Gordon delves beneath the glittering facade of the high-powered, seemingly glamorous world of London publishing in search of a murderer. While hobnobbing with industry notables, Lindsay encounters an unsavory mix of soured relationships, desperate power plays, underhanded fraud, and seething rivalries. Who, amongst this sordid group, wanted Penny Varnavides dead? And will she or he strike again if Lindsay ventures too close?

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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

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