
Val McDermid is a Scottish novelist of crime fiction, best known for her suspense novels featuring Tony Hill and Carol Jordan. Her other characters include lesbian journalist Lindsay Gordon and private investigator Kate Brannigan. McDermid considers her books to fall under the Tartan Noir crime fiction genre.
McDermid’s first novel was Report for Murder in 1987, part of the Lindsay Gordon series. Since ’87, she has written several different novels in all three of her series. Below is a list of Val McDermid’s published works in order of when they were originally released and in chronological order:
Publication Order of Austen Project Books
Publication Order of Inspector Karen Pirie Books
Publication Order of Kate Brannigan Books
Publication Order of Lindsay Gordon Books
Publication Order of Tony Hill/Carol Jordan Books
Publication Order of World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories Books
Publication Order of Murderous Christmas Stories Books
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
Publication Order of Picture Books
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Publication Order of Anthologies
Notes: Final Edition was published as both Open and Shut and Deadline for Murder in the United States. Union Jack was published as Conferences are Murder in the United States. Naked Came the Phoenix is a collaborative novel with contributions by Nevada Barr, Mary Jane Clark, Diana Gabaldon, J.A. Jance, Faye Kellerman, Laurie R. King, Perri O’Shaughnessy, Anne Perry, Nancy Pickard, J.D. Robb, Lisa Scottoline and Marcia Talley. Magnetic North also contains contributions by Neil Astley, Andrew Crumey, Julia Darling, Sean O’Brien and Jacob Polley.
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Need some help here: OUT OF BOUNDS p.374, “to keep the ASPIDISTRA flying”? My efforts only reveal the plant and Greek “shield”. What is the author’s meaning?
Couldn’t find the passage at page 374 in my paperback edition. I’d have to read it in context to try and explain the meaning. Sorry.
I have now read five of her novels and have another four at the ready. I am hooked on her stories.
Read my first Val McDermid novel (Beneath the Bleeding) – will certainly be reading more of her work – first class!