Val McDermid grew up in a Scottish mining community then read English at Oxford. She was a journalist for sixteen years, spending the last three years as Northern Bureau Chief of a national Sunday tabloid. Now a full-time writer, she divides her time between Cheshire and Northumberland.
Her novels have won international acclaim and a number of prestigious awards, including the Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year, the Anthony Award for best novel, and the Los Angeles Times Book of the Year Award. Her thriller series featuring criminal profiler, Tony Hill, has now been adapted for television under the generic title Wire in the Blood and stars Robson Green and Hermione Norris.
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| Title, Narrator(s) | Format | Book Ref., ISBN | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleanskin narrated by Paul Panting |
CD | DIR1097 978 1 4074 2110 0 |
£12.99 | ![]() |
| The Grave Tattoo narrated by Julie Maisey |
CD | DIR1872 978 1 4074 7999 6 |
£24.99 | ![]() |