Gregory & Company
McDermid, Val
A Darker Domain
Series: Karen Pirie series
Awards: Picked for Best P.I./Procedural Novel in the 2009 by Romantic Times in BOOK REVIEWS, Reviewers‘ Choice Awards.
Twenty-five years ago, the daughter of the richest man in Scotland and her baby son were kidnapped and held to ransom. But Catriona Grant ended up dead and little Adam’s fate has remained a mystery ever since. When a new clue is discovered in a deserted Tuscan villa – along with grisly evidence of a recent murder - cold case expert DI Karen Price is assigned to follow the trail.
She’s already working a case from the same year. During the Miner’s Strike of 1984, pit worker Mick Prentice vanished. He was presumed to have broken ranks and fled to the south with other ‘scabs’…but Karen discovers that the reported events of that night don’t add up. Where did he really go? And does he hold the key to solving the grant mystery? The truth is stranger - and far darker - then fiction.
 |
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 |
Latest News
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.
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.
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.