The Distant Echo (Detective Karen Pirie) - Softcover

Val McDermid

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9780007344659: The Distant Echo (Detective Karen Pirie)

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ISBN 10: 0007344651 ISBN 13: 9780007344659

Publisher: HarperCollins UK, 2010

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Paperback. Pub Date :2010-03-04 Pages: 576 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins UK 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 ... Some things just won't let go.The past. for instance.That night in the cemetery.The girl's body in the snow.On a freezing Fife morning four drunken students stumble upon the body of a woman in the snow.Rosie has been raped. stabbed and left for dead in an ancient Pictish cemetery.And the only suspects are the four young men now stained with her blood.Twenty-five years later the police mount a 'cold case' review of Rosie's unsolved murder and the four are still suspects.But when two of them die in suspicious circumstances. it seems that someone is pursuing their own brand of justice.For the r...

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Praised for her ingenious surprises and masterful twists, Anthony Award-winner Val McDermid has raised the standard for suspense. Now comes her most absorbing and seductive thriller to date-a masterful novel of murder and retribution that will haunt long into the night...

An Unsolved Crime...
It was a winter morning in 1978, that the body of a young barmaid was discovered in the snow banks of a Scottish cemetery. The only suspects in her brutal murder were the four young men who found her: Alex Gilbey and his three best friends. With no evidence but her blood
on their hands, no one was ever charged.

That Was Never Forgotten...
Twenty five years later, the Cold Case file on Rosie Duff has been reopened. For Alex and his friends, the investigation has also opened old wounds, haunting memories-and new fears. For a stranger has emerged from the shadows with his own ideas about justice. And revenge.

Or Forgiven.
When two of Alex's friends die under suspicious circumstances, Alex knows that he and his innocent family are the next targets. And there's only way to save them: return to the cold-blooded past and uncover the startling truth about the murder. For there lies the identity of an avenging killer...

"One of my favorite authors." -Sara Paretsky

"McDermid is the best we've got." -The New York Times

About the Author:

Val McDermid won the Anthony Award, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Macavity Award and Dilys Award for A Place of Execution. She was awarded the Gold Dagger Award for The Mermaids Singing. She lives in England.
Gerard Doyle reads everything from adult, young adult, and children's books to literary fiction, mysteries, humor, adventure, and fantasy. He has won countless AudioFile Earphones Awards and was named a Best Voice in Young Adult Fiction in 2008. His audiobook credits include Clubland, And Thereby Hangs a Tale, Distant Echo, and A Risk Worth Taking. His career in British repertory theatre includes many productions, most notably The Crucible, The Tempest, The Importance of Being Earnest, and Fiddler on the Roof. In America, he has appeared on Broadway in The Weir and on television in New York Undercover and Law & Order. Born of Irish parents and raised and educated in England, Gerard has taught drama at Ross School for the past several years.

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