Booked for Murder (Lindsay Gordon Mystery Series) - Softcover

McDermid, Val

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9781932859102: Booked for Murder (Lindsay Gordon Mystery Series)

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ISBN 10: 1932859101 ISBN 13: 9781932859102

Publisher: Bywater Books, 2005

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Lindsay Gordon, Scottish journalist and amateur sleuth, was the first creation of international bestseller Val McDermid. "Report for Murder" introduced the United Kingdom s first lesbian detective, and the series has been perennially popular ever since. Lindsay is tenacious to the point of stubbornness, intrepid to the point of stupidity, and loyal to the point of laying her life on the line. With the support of friends, family, and lovers, she takes on the world with wit and brio, unraveling criminal conspiracies and unmasking murderers. She s feisty, feminist, and funny.

Each novel plunges Lindsay into a different milieu. "Report for Murder" is set against the backdrop of an exclusive girls boarding school; "Common Murder" features a women s peace protest, where feelings run deadly; "Deadline for Murder" forces Lindsay to confront the darker side of her own world of journalism; "Conferences Are Murder" explores the deadly underbelly of trade unionism; "Booked for Murder" lifts the lid on publishing, showing it s no longer a gentleman s game; and "Hostage to Murder" brings Lindsay face-to-face with child custody battles and the gangsters who inhabit the world of terrorism. The hallmark of McDermid s novels is a compassionate understanding of human relationships and a shrewd insight into contemporary society.

The Lindsay Gordon novels have been published to great critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. "Booked for Murder," the fifth Lindsay Gordon mystery, was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award. McDermid has been praised for the way her storytelling interweaves the various elements of the novel into a seamless, balanced whole. I don t write about issues, I write about characters, McDermid says. The books have won a wide general readership among fans of the mystery genre.

Val McDermid grew up in a Scottish mining community and read English at Oxford. She lives in northern England."

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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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