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1. The Distant Echo

2. A Darker Domain

3. The Skeleton Road

4. Out of Bounds

5. Broken Ground

6. Still Life: A Karen Pirie Novel

7. Past Lying
Val McDermid

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The Karen Pirie mystery series is a captivating police procedural featuring DCI Karen Pirie, a young and determined Scottish detective working in the cold case division. Readers are drawn to Val McDermid’s intricate plotting and clever whodunnits that keep them guessing until the very end.

While each book presents a standalone story that can be enjoyed independently, Karen Pirie’s character evolves throughout the series. Reading the books in order offers a richer and more immersive experience, allowing you to fully appreciate the development of both the detective and the overarching narrative.
The Distant Echo

1. The Distant Echo

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…

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A Darker Domain

2. A Darker Domain

Fife, Scotland, 1984. Mick Prentice abandons his family at the height of a politically charged national miners’ strike to join the strikebreakers down south

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The Skeleton Road

3. The Skeleton Road

A thrilling new novel from one of the world’s most celebrated crime writers proves that the past can never stay buried…

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Out of Bounds

4. Out of Bounds

When a teenage joyrider crashes a stolen car and ends up in a coma, a routine DNA test reveals a connection to an unsolved murder from twenty-two years before.

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Broken Ground

5. Broken Ground

A woman digs up a buried treasure—and a buried body—in the Scottish Highlands

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Still Life: A Karen Pirie Novel

6. Still Life: A Karen Pirie Novel

From internationally bestselling author Val McDermid comes a propulsive new Karen Pirie thriller that delves into a historic missing persons case, fake identities, and art forgery.

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Past Lying

7. Past Lying

In this superb new addition to Val McDermid’s masterful crime series, DCI Karen Pirie returns in a propulsive thriller of deceit and vengeance, set against the disquiet of a global pandemic

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