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Val McDermid

Val McDermid is a Scottish crime fiction author, renowned for her suspense novels featuring characters Tony Hill and Carol Jordan. She has also created characters such as lesbian journalist Lindsay Gordon and private investigator Kate Brannigan. McDermid categorizes her works within the Tartan Noir crime fiction genre. Her debut novel, Report for Murder, was published in 1987 and is part of the Lindsay Gordon series. Since then, she has produced numerous novels across all three of her series. Below is a chronological list of Val McDermid’s published works, arranged by their original release dates.

Val McDermid became a published novelist in 1987 with the novel Report For Murder. Below is a list of Val McDermid's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Allie Burns Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
1979 (2021) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
1989 (2022) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Inspector Karen Pirie Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Distant Echo (2003) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Darker Domain (2008) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Skeleton Road (2014) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Out of Bounds (2016) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Broken Ground (2018) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Still Life (2020) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Past Lying (2023) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Kate Brannigan Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Dead Beat (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Kick Back (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Crack Down (1994) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Clean Break (1995) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Blue Genes (1996) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Star Struck (1998) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Lindsay Gordon Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Report For Murder (1987) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Common Murder (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Final Edition / Open and Shut / Deadline for Murder (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Union Jack / Conferences Are Murder (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Booked For Murder (1996) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Final Edition (With: V.L. McDermid) (1997) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hostage To Murder (2003) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Tony Hill/Carol Jordan Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Mermaids Singing (1995) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Wire In The Blood (1997) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Last Temptation (2002) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Torment of Others (2004) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Beneath the Bleeding (2007) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fever of the Bone (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Retribution (2011) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Cross and Burn (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Splinter the Silence (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Insidious Intent (2017) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Footloose (With: Peter James) (2019) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
How the Dead Speak (2019) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
A Place of Execution (1999) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Killing the Shadows (2000) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Grave Tattoo (2006) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Trick of the Dark (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Vanishing Point (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Cleanskin (2006) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Life's Too Short (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Writing on the Wall and Other Stories (1997) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Stranded (2004) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Christmas is Murder (2020) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Graphic Novels Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Resistance (2021) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Picture Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
My Granny Is a Pirate (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
A Suitable Job for a Woman (1994) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime (2014) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
My Scotland (2019) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Austen Project Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Northanger Abbey (2014) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of The MatchUp Collection Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Footloose (With: Peter James) (2019) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Darkland Tales Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Rizzio (By: Denise Mina) (2021) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hex (By: Jenni Fagan) (2022) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Nothing Left to Fear From Hell (By: Alan Warner) (2023) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Columba's Bones (By: David Greig) (2023) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Queen Macbeth (2024) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Queen Macbeth (2024) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 (2002) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tart Noir (2003) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Like a Charm (2004) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Adventure of the Missing Detective and 19 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Magnetic North (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Crime Scenes Revisited: Scottish Popular Fiction (2006) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Merry Band of Murderers (2006) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Criminal Tendencies (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Sounds Of Crime (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Killer Cookbook (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Inherit the Dead (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
OxCrimes: 27 Killer Stories from the Cream of Crimewriters (2014) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Out There: An Anthology of Scottish LGBT writing (2014) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Crime Writers: A Decade of Crime (2016) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Crime Plus Music (2016) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
MatchUp (2017) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bloody Scotland (2017) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Exit Wounds (2019) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bloody Scotland (2019) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Imagine A Country (2020) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Marple: Twelve New Mysteries (2022) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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