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Booked for Murder

Lindsay Gordon, Book 5

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Why would anyone want to kill Penny Varnavides, bestselling author of the 'Teen Dreams' series? Her demise can't be the freak accident it first appeared – it's an exact replica of the murder method in her forthcoming book.

Only three people knew the plot of Penny's unpublished novel: her literary agent, her editor and her ex-girlfriend Meredith. In an effort to clear Meredith, Lindsay Gordon delves beneath the glittering facade of the seemingly glamorous world of London publishing in search of a murderer.

While hobnobbing with industry notables, Lindsay encounters an unsavoury mix of soured relationships, desperate power plays, underhanded fraud, and seething rivalries. Who, amongst this sordid group, wanted Penny Varnavides dead?

©1996 Val McDermid (P)2018 W. F. Howes Ltd Crime Crime Thrillers Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Urban Murder

Critic reviews

“Funny and scary by turns; always sharp.” (Daily Telegraph)

“The writing is tough and colourful, the scene setting excellent.” (Times Literary Supplement)

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I got confused by who the largely female cast were and found the narrator's grasp of accents laughable. Quite well plotted but I felt I really didn't care about the characters or how the story turned out.

Not her best

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Usual great storyline and quality of writing from Val Mcdermid but the narrators attempt at accents were very distracting. in her favour, her intonation and punctuation was good, so story still flowed in the way the author wrote it

Great book, narrators attempted accents lamentable

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I loved the increase of this story line and the way the characters were brought to life by the narrator, it was really interesting and I would read again.

A real twisted story line

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This was my first Val McDermid book and I’ll definitely be reading/listening to more.

Really enjoyed it!

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I found the narrator irritating in her attempts to fi accents. The story seemed to relay too much on the relationships between the mainly women involved. Not enough about the crimes.

Not a great crime drama

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