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1. Report for Murder

2. Common Murder

3. Final Edition

4. Union Jack

5. Booked for Murder

6. Hostage to Murder

Val McDermid

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The Lindsay Gordon Mysteries is Val McDermid’s first mystery series and follows the self-proclaimed cynical socialist lesbian feminist journalist on a series of investigations that take her into the underbelly of crime. The character is tenacious, stubborn, and loyal to a fault.

There are six books in total and although there are recurring plot points and character relationships that develop throughout the series, each book has a standalone story set against a variety of backdrops that allows McDermid to explore criminality in different ways. The early novels display McDermid’s hallmark for creating multi-dimensional, flawed characters making choices in a world that mirrors our own.
Report for Murder

1. Report for Murder

First in the popular series featuring Lindsay Gordon, a self-proclaimed ‘cynical socialist lesbian feminist journalist’ with a penchant for hanging around police interrogation rooms under suspicion of some crime or other.

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Common Murder

2. Common Murder

Second novel in the series featuring reporter Lindsay Gordon. When her former lover is accused of murder in a women’s peace camp, Lindsay must bring all of her expertise as an investigative reporter into play.

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Final Edition

3. Final Edition

Lindsay Gordon finds herself dragged into a sordid world of blackmail, prostitution, lies and murder when she investigates the case of a former colleague jailed for killing a notorious Glaswegian journalist.

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Union Jack

4. Union Jack

Fourth in the series featuring investigative journalist Lindsay Gordon.

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Booked for Murder

5. Booked for Murder

Lindsay Gordon investigates the murder of a bestselling author and discovers that, beneath the glittering facade, the London publishing world is a hotbed of seething rivalries, soured relationships and desperate power plays.

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Hostage to Murder

6. Hostage to Murder

Hostage to Murder, the long-awaited sixth Lindsay Gordon mystery, is a lightning-paced story spliced with crackling action and an intense emotional dimension.

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