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1979 (Allie Burns Series, Book #1) by Val McDermid
It's only January, and the year 1979 has already brought blizzards, strikes, power cuts, and political unrest. For Allie Burns, however, someone else's bad news is the unmistakable sound of opportunity knocking, a chance to escape the "women's stories" to which her newsroom editors have confined her. Striking up an alliance with budding investigative journalist Danny Sullivan, Allie begins uncovering international tax fraud and a group of Scottish ultranationalists aiming to cause mayhem ahead of a referendum on exiting the United Kingdom. As they get closer to the bleeding edge of breaking news, Allie and Danny may find their own lives on the line.

1989 (Allie Burns Series, Book #2) by Val McDermid
A stunning return to Val McDermid's acclaimed historical crime series, 1989 is a full-body immersion in a world gone by and an acute reminder of how history determines the present.
Allie Burns, a journalist with a decade's worth of experience under her belt, is running the northern news operation of Scotland's tabloid, Sunday Globe. She's chafing at losing her role in investigative journalism and at the descent into the gutter of the UK mass media. But there's plenty to keep her occupied. The year begins with the memorial service for the victims of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, but Allie has barely filed her copy when she stumbles over a story about HIV/AIDS that will shock her into a major change of direction. The world of newspapers is undergoing a revolution, there's skullduggery in the medical research labs, and seismic rumblings behind the Iron Curtain. When murder is added to this potent mix, Allie will be called upon to chase a story that… Read More

Broken Ground (Karen Pirie Series, Book #5) by Val McDermid
Cold case detective Karen Pirie faces her hardest challenge yet in this gripping and masterfully plottest novel.
Six feet under in a Highland peat bog lies Alice Somerville's inheritance, buried by her grandfather at the end of World War II. But when Alice finally uncovers it, she finds an unwanted surprise -- a body with a bullet hole between the eyes. Meanwhile, DCI Pirie is called in to unravel a case where nothing is quite as it seems. As she gets closer to the truth, it becomes clear that not everyone shares her desire for justice or even the idea of what justice is.

Still Life (Karen Pirie Series, Book #6) by Val McDermid
In this installment of her popular series featuring DCI Karen Kirie, Britain's "Queen of Crime," Val McDermid takes us into the shadowy world of forgery, where things are never what they seem.
When a lobster fisherman discovers a dead body in Scotland's Firth of Forth, Karen is called in to investigate. She quickly discovers that the case will require untangling a complicated web -- including a historic disappearance, art forgery, and secret identities -- that seems to orbit around a painting copyist who can mimic anyone from Holbein to Hockney. Meanwhile, just as the man responsible for the death of the love of Karen's life is released from prison, a traffic crash leads to the discovery of a skeleton in a suburban garage.