Her trademark combination of macabre suspense and a light touch keep you reading gratefully - Sunday Express
McDermid's deceptively languid style, sly black humour and metronomic sense of pacing delivers a compulsively readable tale - Irish Times
The masterly handling of the pace and plot, blended with brilliant characterisation, show why best-selling writer Val McDermid retains her title of new Queen of Crime - People
Another stellar read from McDermid, and further evidence that her Queen of Crime status will not be challenged - Scotsman
There is nothing more gratifying than watching a master craftswoman at work, and she is on fine form here - Observer
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About Val McDermid
Val McDermid is a number one bestselling author whose novels have been translated into more than forty languages and have sold over nineteen million copies. She has won many awards, including the CWA Gold Dagger, the LA Times Book of the Year Award and the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for outstanding achievement. Val writes full-time and divides her time between Edinburgh and East Neuk of Fife.
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