Still Life Val Mcdermid 2

Don’t miss the series that inspired the major ITV drama,and Karen Pirie, starring Lauren Lyle -and Still Lifeand is the sixth Karen Pirie thrillerRead Val McDermid’s masterful new novel,and 1989, now and pre-order the eagerly awaitedand New Karen Pirie Thriller, publishing October 2023’No one can tell a story like she can’and Daily Express’The queen of psychological thrillers’and Irish Independent____________’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 . . .