When a teen joyrider crashes a stolen car and ends up in a coma, a routine DNA test reveals a connection to a twisted unsolved murder from more than two decades earlier. - (Baker & Taylor)
"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. It's a cold case that should be straightforward. But it's as twisted as the DNA helix itself.Meanwhile, Karen is mired in grief and guilt after the death of her partner. She finds herself irresistibly drawn to another mystery that she has no business investigating, a mystery that has its roots in a terrorist bombing two decades ago. Karen's intuition is telling her something doesn't add up. But is she onto something? Or has she, as her boss has been anticipating, gone too far this time?"-- - (Baker & Taylor)
When a teen joyrider crashes a stolen car and ends up in a coma, a routine DNA test reveals a connection to a twisted unsolved murder from more than two decades earlier. By the award-winning author of <IT>Forensics<RO>. - (Baker & Taylor)
<div><b>“McDermid excels in putting the reader at the center of the action . . . A tightly paced mystery . . . My bones tell me we haven't seen the last of Inspector Pirie—or at least I hope not.' —Janet Napolitano, <i>Los Angeles Times</i> on <i>The Skeleton Road</i></b><br><br>Internationally bestselling author Val McDermid is one of our finest crime writers, whose gripping, impeccably plotted novels have garnered millions of readers worldwide. In her latest, <i>Out of Bounds</i>, she delivers a riveting cold case novel featuring detective Karen Pirie.<br><br>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. Finding the answer to the cold case should be straightforward. But it's as twisted as the DNA helix itself.<br><br>Meanwhile, Karen finds herself irresistibly drawn to another mystery that she has no business investigating, a mystery that has its roots in a terrorist bombing two decades ago. And again, she finds that nothing is as it seems.<br><br>An enthralling, twisty read, <i>Out of Bounds</i> reaffirms Val McDermid's place as one of the most dependable professionals in the mystery and thriller business.<br><br><b>“McDermid melds the political thriller with the police procedural for an intense novel that . . . feels both intensely personal and global . . . Karen . . . once again proves herself a formidable character worthy of her own series.'—<i>Associated Press</i> on <i>The Skeleton Road</i></b><br></div> - (Perseus Publishing)
<div><b>“McDermid excels in putting the reader at the center of the action . . . A tightly paced mystery . . . My bones tell me we haven’t seen the last of Inspector Pirie—or at least I hope not.” —Janet Napolitano, <i>Los Angeles Times</i> on <i>The Skeleton Road</i></b><br><br>Internationally bestselling author Val McDermid is one of our finest crime writers, whose gripping, impeccably plotted novels have garnered millions of readers worldwide. In her latest, <i>Out of Bounds</i>, she delivers a riveting cold case novel featuring detective Karen Pirie.<br><br>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. Finding the answer to the cold case should be straightforward. But it’s as twisted as the DNA helix itself.<br><br>Meanwhile, Karen finds herself irresistibly drawn to another mystery that she has no business investigating, a mystery that has its roots in a terrorist bombing two decades ago. And again, she finds that nothing is as it seems.<br><br>An enthralling, twisty read, <i>Out of Bounds</i> reaffirms Val McDermid’s place as one of the most dependable professionals in the mystery and thriller business.<br><br><b>“McDermid melds the political thriller with the police procedural for an intense novel that . . . feels both intensely personal and global . . . Karen . . . once again proves herself a formidable character worthy of her own series.”—<i>Associated Press</i> on <i>The Skeleton Road</i></b><br></div> - (Perseus Publishing)