Final Edition & Union Jack

by Val McDermid

Overview

Two mysteries in one volume featuring the investigating journalist, from the Diamond Dagger Award-winning author.

Final Edition

When Alison Maxwell, a well-known Glaswegian journalist with an irresistible sexual attraction to both sexes, is found murdered, the police look no further than the owner of the scarf used to strangle her. Reporter Lindsay Gordon, however, suspects there’s more to the story. Maxwell was a serial seductress who kept a secret record of her encounters, including one with Lindsay herself. Recalling the threats that followed the end of the relationship, Lindsay knows all too well the feelings of rage, fear, and passion that Alison Maxwell could invoke—and she will be stepping into a sordid world of lies to solve the case.

“Compelling characters [and] a mystery that is profoundly twisted.”—Bay Area Reporter


Union Jack

When unethical union leader Tom Jack falls to his death from the window of Lindsay Gordon’s tenth-floor hotel room after a spectacularly public row between the two of them, it seems the only way to prove her innocence is to find the real culprit. But that will requireuncovering a seething cauldron of blackmail, corruption and abuse of power, all brought to the boil by her investigation.

“A wonderful read?thrilling, scary and funny.”?Evening Standard (UK)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802165626
Publisher:	Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Publication date:	02/26/2020
Series:	Lindsay Gordon Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	512
Sales rank:	534,564
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Val McDermid's best-selling novels have won the Los Angeles Times Book of the Year and the CWA Gold Dagger and Cartier Diamond Dagger Awards. She is also a multiple finalist for the Edgar Award, including for Edgar Nominee for Fact Crime Forensics, which won the Anthony Award for non-fiction. She lives in Scotland.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Val McMermid’s Lindsay Gordon series

“A timeless mystery, well-plotted with crisp dialogue and solid characterization.”— Orlando Sun-Sentinel on Report for Murder

“There’s a vividness and energy to this tale that makes it satisfying and convincing.”— The Washington Post on Booked for Murder

“Val McDermid is an inspiration.”— Herald (Scotland) on Common Murder

“Her real skills in creating compelling characters, as well as a mystery that is profoundly twisted and filled with enough legitimate red herrings to stock Fisherman’s Wharf, blossom in this dark, chilling novel.”— Bay Area Reporter on Final Edition

“A wonderful read—thrilling, scary and funny.”— Evening Standard (UK) on Union Jack

“The writing is tough and colourful, the scene setting excellent.”— Times Literary Supplement (UK) on Booked for Murder

“McDermid’s snappy, often comic prose keeps the story humming.”— Publishers Weekly on Common Murder

“The macho world of the whodunnit has never seen a sleuth like Lindsay Gordon.”— Manchester Evening News (UK) on Booked for Murder

“Neatly constructed and splendidly sarcastic about the circus of union politics.”— Daily Telegraph (UK) on Union Jack

“Full marks for plot, atmosphere, character, dialogue, politics, humour Oh hell, full marks for just about everything. I don’t know how Val does it, but I’m bloody glad she does.”— Crime Time on Booked for Murder

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