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Synopsis
Lindsay Gordon investigates an alleged assault at a women's peace encampment north of London.
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About the Author
Val McDermid grew up in Kirkcaldy on the east coast of Scotland, then read English at Oxford. She was a journalist for sixteen years, spending the last three as Northern Bureau Chief of a national Sunday tabloid. Now a full-time writer, she divides her time between Manchester and Northumberland.
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Lesbian reporter Lindsay Gordon goes to cover the long protest of a cruise missile base by a British women's peace encampment and finds there an attractive ex-lover who is accused of murder, not to mention routine assaults and an official cover-up. Although the book's plot is sometimes contrived and the pacing is uneven, Gordon is a gutsy heroine committed to action, righting wrongs, and solving mysteries who sometimes takes large helpings of abuse and plays both sides of the allegiance fence in order to succeed. As she battles to solve the problems of a monogamous relationship against a background of institutionalized secrecy, lies, and brutality, the author gives readers a strong sense of contemporary England, too. Whitney Scott
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- PublisherSevern House Publishing
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0727847090
- ISBN 13 9780727847096
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages208
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Common Murder
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Hard Cover. Condition: USED_NEARFINE. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. The second Lindsay Gordon mystery. Spine ends gently bumped. A bit of light foxing to the edges of the text block and the rear flap, jacket in mylar. Signed by McDermid on the title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # D130195
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