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ABOUT THIS BOOK

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown Book Group

FORMAT: Electronic book text

ISBN: 9781408709375

RRP: £18.98

PAGES: 464

PUBLICATION DATE:
August 23, 2018

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Broken Ground

Number one bestseller Val McDermid returns with another gripping, unputdownable thrillerPraise for Val McDermid:’The queen of crime is still at the top of her game’ Independent’So gripping it puts your life on hold’ The Times’Incredibly suspenseful’ Sunday Mirror’A genuine page-turner’ Independent on Sunday’McDermid remains unrivalled’ Observer

Reviews of Broken Ground

Here is another gripping crime novel by Val McDermid . . . an exciting book by one of today's most accomplished crime writers * Literary Review on INSIDIOUS INTENT * It's a treat to watch DCI Pirie once again as she pursues a tantalising forensic trail through a brilliantly realised Scottish setting . . . the back-and-forths with her pusillanimous boss, as she deflates his attempts to undermine her, are a particular joy * Scotland on Sunday on OUT OF BOUNDS * What superlatives are there left to describe the phenomenon that is the multi award-winning McDermid? . . . Told with McDermid's legendary verve and eye for detail, it grabs the reader by the throat and never lets go * Daily Mail on OUT OF BOUNDS * Val McDermid, known as the queen of psychological thrillers, surpasses herself here, delivering one of the most surprising twists you'll read this year. Outstanding. * Irish Independent on INSIDIOUS INTENT * An incredibly suspenseful thriller, elegantly plotted with smartly drawn characters and fascinating detail * Sunday Mirror on OUT OF BOUNDS * There aren't many to touch her for insight into the minds of hunter and hunted * Susan Hill *

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Val McDermid

Val McDermid is a No.1 bestseller whose novels have been translated into more than thirty languages, and have sold over fifteen million copies. She 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, was the recipient of the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2010 and received the Lambda Literary Foundation Pioneer Award in 2011. In 2016, Val received the Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction Award at the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. In 2017, she received the DIVA Literary Prize for Crime. She writes full time and divides her time between Cheshire and Edinburgh.