A gripping Kate Brannigan thriller, from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Val McDermid.
'Val McDermid remains unrivalled' Observer
Manchester PI Kate Brannigan finds herself with no choice but to take the only case on offer: bodyguarding a paranoid soap star.
But the glitzy world of showbusiness has a darker side. And as Kate scratches the surface, she uncovers dramas, threats and bitter rivalries. And when a self-styled 'Seer to the Stars' is murdered, Kate is left with more questions than answers.
'Val McDermid remains unrivalled' Observer
Manchester PI Kate Brannigan finds herself with no choice but to take the only case on offer: bodyguarding a paranoid soap star.
But the glitzy world of showbusiness has a darker side. And as Kate scratches the surface, she uncovers dramas, threats and bitter rivalries. And when a self-styled 'Seer to the Stars' is murdered, Kate is left with more questions than answers.
Val McDermid, geb. 1955 in Kirkcaldy im schottischen Fife, wuchs dort in einer Bergarbeiterfamilie auf. Nach der Schulzeit begann sie, als erste aus ihrer Familie überhaupt, ein Studium: Englische Literatur am St. Hilda's College in Oxford. Nach Jahren als Literaturdozentin und als Journalistin bei namhaften Zeitungen lebt sie heute als freie Autorin in Manchester und in einem kleinen Dorf an der englischen Nordseeküste. Sie gilt als eine der interessantesten Autorinnen im Spannungsgenre und ist außerdem als Krimikritikerin der BBC, der Times, des Express und der Krimi-Website Tangled Web sowie als Jurymitglied mehrerer Krimipreise eine zentrale Figur in der britischen Krimiszene. Ihre Kriminalromane und Thriller sind weltweit in mehr als 25 Sprachen übersetzt. Für ihr Lebenswerk erhielt sie 2010 die angesehenste Auszeichnung, die es in Großbritannien für Kriminalromane gibt: den Diamond Dagger der britischen Crime Writers' Association.
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'Stunningly exciting, horrifyingly good'
Ruth Rendell
'This book has a sense of gravitas and intelligence utterly beyond lesser writers in the field'
Ian Rankin
'Terrific chiller from Manchester's answer to Thomas Harris'
Guardian
'A clever and exciting thriller'
Sunday Telegraph
'A compelling combination of sexual-political mischief and Jacobean psychological intensity'
Sunday Times (of The Wire in the Blood)
Praise for Val McDermid:
'No one rivals Val McDermid's skill at writing truly terrifying thrillers' Good Housekeeping
'The real mistress of psychological gripping thrillers' Daily Express
'McDermid's capacity to enter the warped mind of a deviant criminal is shiveringly convincing' The Times
'Val McDermid is undoubtedly the queen of British crime' Observer
'McDermid's expertly juggled plotlines and masterful handling of pace and tension tick all the best boxes' Guardian
'The queen of crime is still at the top of her game' Independent
'One of today's most accomplished crime writers' Literary Review
'Her writing is never less than excellent' Crime Time
Ruth Rendell
'This book has a sense of gravitas and intelligence utterly beyond lesser writers in the field'
Ian Rankin
'Terrific chiller from Manchester's answer to Thomas Harris'
Guardian
'A clever and exciting thriller'
Sunday Telegraph
'A compelling combination of sexual-political mischief and Jacobean psychological intensity'
Sunday Times (of The Wire in the Blood)
Praise for Val McDermid:
'No one rivals Val McDermid's skill at writing truly terrifying thrillers' Good Housekeeping
'The real mistress of psychological gripping thrillers' Daily Express
'McDermid's capacity to enter the warped mind of a deviant criminal is shiveringly convincing' The Times
'Val McDermid is undoubtedly the queen of British crime' Observer
'McDermid's expertly juggled plotlines and masterful handling of pace and tension tick all the best boxes' Guardian
'The queen of crime is still at the top of her game' Independent
'One of today's most accomplished crime writers' Literary Review
'Her writing is never less than excellent' Crime Time