Gregory & Company

Tweets by @Gregory&Company
  • Home
  • Authors
    • Titles
  • Submissions
  • About Us
    • Team at Gregory & Company
  • Latest Sales
  • Rights
  • Awards
  • E-Bookshop

McDermid, Val

The Distant Echo

Distant Echo

Series: Karen Pirie series

Awards: Gold in the Crime/Thriller category at the Spoken Word Publishing Association Awards. Barry for Best British Crime Novel at Bouchercon 2004. Best Crime Novel at the Sherlock Awards. Shorlisted for Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2005.

On a freezing Fife morning four drunken students stumble upon the body of a woman in the snow. Rosie has been raped, stabbed and left to die in an ancient Pictish cemetery. And the only suspects are the four young men now stained with her blood.

Twenty-five years later the police mount a 'cold case' review of Rosie's unsolved murder and the four are still suspects. But when two of them die in suspicious circumstances, it seems that someone is pursuing their own brand of justice. For the remaining two there is only one way to avoid becoming the next victim - find out who really killed Rosie all those years ago...


Click here for rights & sales information
Click here to read reviews
Click here to read related articles
Click here to view all titles by this author
Click to buy from  

Latest News

A preview of Minette Walters' THE LAST HOURS
read more.
Val McDermid's OUT OF BOUNDS a finalist in the McIlvanney Prize 2017
We're delighted to announce that Val McDermid's OUT OF BOUNDS is a finalist for the McIlvanney Prize 2017. The judges had this to say about it: 'The Queen of Scottish crime adds yet more jewels to her crown with Out of Bounds and shows us why she's writing at the very top of her game...Karen Pirie is one of the most engaging and charismatic of all the fictional Scottish Detectives'. The winner will be announced on Friday 8th September as part of Bloody Scotland. read more.
Val McDermid's INSIDIOUS INTENT released today
Huge congratulations to Val McDermid on the release of INSIDIOUS INTENT today! INSIDIOUS INTENT is the latest instalment of the Tony Hill series and you can read more about it here. read more.
Belinda Bauer's THE BEAUTIFUL DEAD shortlisted for a Gold Daggers award
Many congratulations to Belinda Bauer for being shortlisted for a CWA Gold Dagger award with THE BEAUTIFUL DEAD. The Crime Writers' Association announced the shortlists for this year's Dagger awards at Waterstones Piccadilly on Wednesday 26th July. You can find more information about the awards here. read more.
Catherine Ryan Howard's DISTRESS SIGNALS shortlisted for the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Award
Many congratulations to Catherine Ryan Howard for being shortlisted for a CWA John Creasey (New Blood) award with DISTRESS SIGNALS. The Crime Writers' Association announced the shortlists for this year's Dagger awards at Waterstones Piccadilly on Wednesday 26th July. You can find more information about the awards here. read more.
Subscribe to our Feed Follow us on Twitter

[email protected]

+44 (0) 20 7610 4676

3 Barb Mews, Hammersmith, London W6 7PA

Gregory & Company Authors' Agents

© Website and contents copyright 2011 Gregory & Company Authors Agents

web agency london : pedalo