The second riveting crime novel in the Karen Pirie series, from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Val McDermid. 'A superb mystery' The Times Twenty-five years ago, a woman and her baby son were kidnapped and held to ransom. Catriona Grant ended up dead and little...

A riveting psychological thriller from the Number One bestselling Queen of crime fiction - Val McDermid. In the Peak District village of Scardale, thirteen-year-old girls didn't just run away. So when Alison Carter vanished in the winter of '63, everyone knew it was a...

The Number One bestselling crime series featuring Dr Tony Hill, hero of TV's Wire in the Blood. The award-winning Val McDermid is at the height of her powers in this tense masterclass in psychological suspense. The race is on to uncover the identity of...

'No one can plot or tell a story like she can' Daily Express. The Queen of Crime Val McDermid is a master of the dark and sinister story, and these powers are demonstrated in full force in Christmas is Murder, a festive collection of...

'No one can plot or tell a story like she can' Daily Express. The Queen of Crime Val McDermid is a master of the dark and sinister story, and these powers are demonstrated in full force in Christmas is Murder, a festive collection of...

'No-one can plot or tell a story like she can. The hairs on my neck literally stood up' Daily Express. 'So gripping it puts your life on hold' The Times. 'You should have been a detective. If there's one thing the last year has...

Don't miss the electrifying new Karen Pirie thriller - STILL LIFE is out now. The eleventh book in the Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series, from No. 1 bestselling author Val McDermid. 'The queen of crime is still at the top of her game'...

Ideas for a Better Future. The first step on the road to change is to imagine possibility. Imagine A Country offers visions of a new future from an astonishing array of Scottish voices, from comedians to economists, writers to musicians. Edited, curated and introduced...

Ideas for a Better Future. The first step on the road to change is to imagine possibility. Imagine A Country offers visions of a new future from an astonishing array of Scottish voices, from comedians to economists, writers to musicians. Edited, curated and introduced...

Don't miss the electrifying new Karen Pirie thriller - STILL LIFE is out now. 'One of the most surprising twists you'll read this year. Outstanding' Irish Independent. 'Engrossing... a colossal reminder of just why McDermid has been the queen of crime for three decades' Heat....

Jane Austen in the hands of queen of crime, Val McDermid. Get ready for a very different Northanger Abbey. For Cat Morland life being home-schooled in Dorset is unendurably ordinary.To cope, she devours as many novels as possible, especially anything supernatural. But if Cat...

'No one can tell a story like she can' Daily Express. 'One of today's most accomplished crime writers' Literary Review. 'The queen of psychological thrillers' Irish Independent. 'The bodies never stay buried forever...' On a freezing winter morning, fishermen pull a body from the...

'No one can tell a story like she can' Daily Express. 'One of today's most accomplished crime writers' Literary Review. 'The queen of psychological thrillers' Irish Independent. 'The bodies never stay buried forever...' On a freezing winter morning, fishermen pull a body from the...

The first novel in the bestselling Karen Pirie series The award-winning Number One bestseller and Queen of crime fiction Val McDermid carves out a stunning psychological thriller. The past is behind them, but what's still to come will tear them apart... Some things just...

The Number One bestselling crime series featuring Dr Tony Hill, hero of TV's Wire in the Blood, written by the award-winning Val McDermid. The hunt for a serial killer leads from Britain through Europe in this terrifying psychological thriller. A twisted killer targeting psychologists...

In this special 20th anniversary edition, Lee Child introduces the Gold Dagger award-winning serial killer thriller that began the Number One bestselling crime series featuring clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill, hero of TV's much-loved Wire in the Blood. You always remember the first time....

'Brilliant... sensational... unforgettable' Guardian. 'The queen of crime is still at the top of her game' Independent. There is one serial killer who has shaped and defined police profiler Tony Hill's life. One serial killer whose evil surpasses all others. One serial killer who has the...

The Number One bestselling crime series featuring Tony Hill, hero of TV's Wire in the Blood, written by the award-winning Val McDermid. This is a psychological thriller - and serial killer - that will keep you up at night. For some, there is nothing...

Val McDermid's Number One bestselling crime series, featuring psychological profiler Dr Tony Hill and Jacko Vance - protagonist of new novel THE RETRIBUTION - in the suspenseful and ferociously readable thriller that led to the much-loved TV show. Young girls are disappearing around the...

When Charlie Flint is sent a mysterious package of cuttings about a brutal murder, it instantly grabs her attention. The murder occurred in the grounds of her old Oxford college - a groom battered to death just hours after his wedding. As his bride...