Val McDermid

About The Author

Val McDermid’s bestselling novels have won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller, and the Crime Writers’ Association’s Gold Dagger and Cartier Diamond Award for outstanding achievement. The Karen Pirie novels have been adapted into an Edgar Award–nominated ITV/BritBox show. She is also a five-time finalist for the Edgar Award, including Fact Crime nominee Forensics and, most recently, the Sue Grafton Memorial Award nominee Past Lying. She lives in Scotland.

Series by the Author

Books by Val McDermid

Footloose
By Val McDermid and Peter James
He was a clinical psychologist who specialized in unraveling the motivations of the twisted killers who wanted to express themselves again and again. She was the kind of detective for whom justice matters more than any other consideration…

In this short story from the thrilling ant...
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