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Still Life

Val McDermid (author)

Paperback Published on: 04/02/2021

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13 reviews

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Synopsis

Longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize 2021

Longlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2021

The bodies never stay buried forever ...

On a freezing winter morning, fishermen pull a body from the sea. It is quickly discovered that the dead man was the prime suspect in a decade-old investigation, when a prominent civil servant disappeared without trace. DCI Karen Pirie was the last detective to review the file and is drawn into a sinister world of betrayal and dark secrets.

But Karen is already grappling with another case, one with even more questions and fewer answers. A skeleton has been discovered in an abandoned campervan and all clues point to a killer who never faced justice - a killer who is still out there.

In her search for the truth, Karen uncovers a network of lies that has gone unchallenged for years. But lies and secrets can turn deadly when someone is determined to keep them hidden for good ...

Publisher information

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9780751576948
Number of pages: 512
Dimensions: 196 x 126 x 38 mm
Weight: 370g
Languages: English

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Another McDermid Masterclass

Still Life is another Val McDermid masterclass of crime writing. Currently there is no better crime fiction writer than McDermid, and she never rests on he... READ MORE

atticusfinch1048

A beautifully plotted and very well told tale

I’ve read and really enjoyed all the Karen Pirie books to date, but none as much as this one. The stars seemed to have aligned for Still Life and the prose... READ MORE

Mary Picken

A gripping thriller of secrets, lies and deceit!

I’d like to thank Grove Atlantic and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read ‘Still Life’ by Val McDermid in exchange for my honest and unbiased re... READ MORE

Joan Clapham

Intense

law-enforcement, Scotland, murder, murder-investigation, missing-persons, international-crime-and-mystery, art-fraud, identity-theft***** The due diligenc... READ MORE

Janice Tangen

Highly recommended! A great read!

This is the first Karen Pirie novel I have read , but this doesn’t detract from this book, there is enough back story to be able to know more about the ch... READ MORE

Zoe Hitchen

a convert

Surprisingly this was my very first Val McDermid thriller and I wasn't disappointed. There are no loose ends or unnecessary or unlikely scenarios - an exce... READ MORE

Marjory Haig

Thank heavens Val McDermid isn't as prolific as the Danielle Steel school of fiction!

.....otherwise I would be a complete insomniac! Unputdownable. Great plot lines (you get a BOGOF with this one), wonderfully paced, great characterization ... READ MORE

Nigel Coxhead

The Pirie is back

Love the way that big Karen is able to cope with multiple cases at once that keep you wondering about the connections to modern life and historic cases. G... READ MORE

Andrew Stark

The Best Yet.

This is book number six in the Inspector Karen Pirie series and in my opinion, is the best yet. The maturity of Val McDermid's writing shines through and K... READ MORE

Milton of Campsie Annie

WELL WORTH A AREAD

TOTALLY SOLD ON THE CHARACTER SO MUCH SO i WILL BE ORDERING MY SECOND VAL McEERID BOOK

Ann Holmes

Twisty, complex yet still easy to follow

When a fisherman drags a body out of the water, DCI Karen Pirie is called into investigate. At the same time she is also dealing with a decomposed skeleton... READ MORE

Lucy-Bookworm

Another great instalment in the Karen Pirie series

I've been looking forward to reading the next instalment in Val McDermid's excellent D.C.I Karen Pirie series, so picked up my ARC of Still Life with high ... READ MORE

Sarah Hood

Super!

This, one of my favourite reads from Val McDermid, comes from the Karen Pirie series and combines great characters with a satisfyingly twisty art-based mys... READ MORE

Caz Stevens

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