This is a complete list of Val McDermid books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series or category.
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The MatchUp Collection is a series of short stories where famous authors team up their well-known characters, such as Temperance Brennan and Jack Reacher in the same story.
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Val McDermid was born on June 4th, 1955 and is currently 68 years old. Val McDermid was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. McDermid attended St Hilda\'s College, Oxford where she studied English and University of Sunderland where she received an Honorary Doctorate.
Val McDermid is the author of the Tony Hill/Carol Jordan series which currently consists of 12 novels. The Tony Hill/Carol Jordan series started in 1995 with the novel The Mermaids Singing. The most recently released novel in the Tony Hill/Carol Jordan series was How the Dead Speak which was released in 2019. There are no upcoming novels for the Tony Hill/Carol Jordan series.
Val McDermid has also written the Lindsay Gordon series which has 7 books including Report For Murder and Common Murder.
Val won a Sherlock Award for Best Crime Novel for the book The Distant Echo in 2004.
Val was shortlisted for the 2022 Dead Good Reader Award in The New Kid on the Block Award for Best New Series category for the Allie Burns series.
Val McDermid has won multiple awards including: The Crime Thriller Awards, ITV3 Writer's Award for Favourite Crime Genre Author, in 2009 and the Theakston's Old Peculier, Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction, in 2016.
Val McDermid has won many awards including:
The following novels by Val McDermid were also nominated for these awards:
The highest rated book by Val McDermid on Book Notification is Splinter the Silence, the 9th novel in the Tony Hill/Carol Jordan series.
The most read book by Val McDermid on Book Notification is The Distant Echo, the 1st novel in the Inspector Karen Pirie series.
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Val is incredibly nuanced and sensitive with her characters yet still maintains a cracking pace. One thing I have struggled with when reading her work is being able to put them down in order to get some sleep.
Have loved reading her stuff ever since I checked out The Mermaids Singing, her first Tony Hill/Carol Jordan novel.
Val’s novel Still Life which is a well written book that has a clever plot and some characters that I love.
Another great one of hers is How the Dead Speak and is one of my favorite novels from the Tony and Carol series.
Val McDermid writes psychological complex and taut works that I usually cannot put down once I start reading. She is a master at wrongfooting her readers that is second to none which is why I always find myself coming back to her novels.
MerDermid is a master at writing crime fiction but more importantly she knows all about the dark side of women and men and how they can cause havoc in each other’s lives.
One of his best novels is the standalone work Vanishing Point which has a shocking opening followed by violent actions scenes and edge of your seat unnerving moments. Thee is fear and panic in the smart taut and vivid writing that shows McDermid’s mastery of storytelling.
Skeleton Road which has to be my favorite is an original, thought provoking and gripping novel. I always felt that the quality of her works dipped for sometime but it was in this work that Val is back to her best writing some riveting crime fiction.
It is in this novel that she introduces my favorite character in Karen Pirie who has to be in the pantheon of the most memorable characters of crime fiction.
Thanks to this list of books by Val McDermid. She creates a clever and good read mystery story with my favorite heroine. Lindsay Gordon is daring, loyal, smart, and tenacious that’s why I found her lovable. McDermid’s characters are all lovable and real, and you can’t help but like them. In the inspector Karen Pirie series, I loved how the author created the story from the past to the modern-day. Her writing is sharp, crisp, and concise, and I had no more to ask for. I can’t say which book was my favorite, but I found the Lindsay Gordon series immensely interesting. Kate Brannigan’s series and the Trick of the Dark were also fascinating.
For the longest time, I thought Val McDermid was Scandinavian. I don’t know why. It was probably because I have a cousin who loves her, but all she reads is Scandinavian thrillers. Also, my friend told me that Val writes Tartan Noir. I don’t know what those words mean, but they sounded Scandinavian.
When I finally read ‘The Mermaids Singing,’ I couldn’t wait to boast to anyone who would listen that I had finally completed my first Scandinavian thriller. But my cousin corrected me before I could make an ass of myself.
I still haven’t encountered a Scandinavian author I like. But until I do, Val will keep me company. She tells the kinds of dark and twisted stories I like.
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