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The Distant Echo

By: Val McDermid
Narrated by: Tom Cotcher
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OThe first novel in the bestselling Karen Pirie series

The award-winning Number One bestseller and Queen of crime fiction Val McDermid carves out a stunning psychological thriller. The past is behind them, but what’s still to come will tear them apart…

Some things just won’t let go.
The past, for instance.
That night in the cemetery.
The girl’s body in the snow.

On a freezing Fife morning four drunken students stumble upon the body of a woman in the snow. Rosie has been raped, stabbed and left for dead in an ancient Pictish cemetery. And the only suspects are the four young men now stained with her blood.

Twenty-five years later the police mount a ‘cold case’ review of Rosie’s unsolved murder and the four are still suspects. But when two of them die in suspicious circumstances, it seems that someone is pursuing their own brand of justice. For the remaining two there is only one way to avoid becoming the next victim – find out who really killed Rosie all those years ago…

‘A classic … McDermid pulls out all the stops. Impeccable’ Guardian

‘A few more sly, old-fashioned whodunits like this and she’ll join the sturdy ranks of the queens of crime, on course to become Dame Val or Baroness McDermid’ Sunday Times

‘She has created some of the most appealing figures in current crime fiction. Val McDermid has used the crime genre to write a novel that, above everything else, celebrates life and loyalty’ TLS

‘Another McDermid triumph’ Observer

‘A powerful story of murder and revenge.' Sunday Telegraph©2003 Val McDermid (P)2004 Recorded Books Inc Crime Crime Thrillers Detective Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Cold Case Exciting
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This book had me from the first chapter and I hated having to put it down. Excellent narration and I’m looking forward to the next one. I had guessed the murderer but it seemed too obvious so I had to keep listening.

Great story and narration

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Whilst a great storyline, I worked out the murderer halfway through. Tom Cotchers Scots accent was a bit hard to follow at times. Worth a listen though. I will read more by Mr McDermid

Riveting

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Excellent characters and a real who-dunnit. Kept me company on many a long car trip!

Gripped until the end

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Believable plot, good pace, couldn’t guess the outcome. I liked the friendships and how you saw the character growth.

Enjoyable Listen.

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kept me wondering to the end, well written.
looking forward to reading the next one in the series.

Brilliant, as always

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