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Booked for Murder

Lindsay Gordon, Book 5

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Booked for Murder

By: Val McDermid
Narrated by: Caroline Guthrie
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Why would anyone want to kill Penny Varnavides, bestselling author of the 'Teen Dreams' series? Her demise can't be the freak accident it first appeared – it's an exact replica of the murder method in her forthcoming book.

Only three people knew the plot of Penny's unpublished novel: her literary agent, her editor and her ex-girlfriend Meredith. In an effort to clear Meredith, Lindsay Gordon delves beneath the glittering facade of the seemingly glamorous world of London publishing in search of a murderer.

While hobnobbing with industry notables, Lindsay encounters an unsavoury mix of soured relationships, desperate power plays, underhanded fraud, and seething rivalries. Who, amongst this sordid group, wanted Penny Varnavides dead?

©1996 Val McDermid (P)2018 W. F. Howes Ltd Crime Crime Thrillers Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Urban Murder

Critic Reviews

“Funny and scary by turns; always sharp.” (Daily Telegraph)

“The writing is tough and colourful, the scene setting excellent.” (Times Literary Supplement)

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The story was engaging and I found myself sitting in my car just to keep listening to the story.

Brilliant

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A brilliant tale full of twist and turns and false starts. Thank you Val and Caroline.

Another breathless adventure!

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I am a great fan of her writing style and the other books written by Ms Mcdermid contained quite black humour with interesting twists and the characters were more mainstream. Unfortunately this book is not appealing as it seems to be trying hard to appeal to a lesbian audience and whilst I am not concerned about other people’s sexuality I am really not interested in the prolonged description of Lesbian courtship that the story starts with. I am probably being unfair but have decided not to proceed with the book and will wait for another Steele story.
The reader is also not easy to listen to.

Val Mcdermid,s new book a disappointment

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