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Val McDermid — bibliography and upcoming releases | Parutio

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Val McDermid

124 workspublishing since 1773

Published

124 works · 1773–2025

2025

WinterReleasedNov 20, 2025Paperback
Booked for Murder (Lindsay Gordon Crime Series, Book 5)ReleasedNov 6, 2025Paperback
Silent Bones The brand-new, iconic Karen Pirie thriller from the no.1 bestselling authorReleasedOct 23, 2025Paperback
Crimebits 2 100 Opening Gambits for Great Thrillers and Linked Mystery PuzzlesReleasedSep 30, 2025Paperback
1999 The Brand New Thriller from the Number One Bestselling Queen of CrimeReleasedMar 18, 2025Paperback

2024

Silent BonesReleasedOct 24, 2024Paperback
Queen MacbethReleasedSep 24, 2024Paperback · Audio

2023

Past LyingReleasedOct 12, 2023Hardcover · Paperback · Audio
1989 Allie BurnsReleasedSep 12, 2023Paperback

2022

1989ReleasedOct 11, 2022Paperback · Ebook · Audio
1989 The brand-new thriller from the No.1 bestsellerReleased2022Hardcover · Paperback

200 releases abroad, with no edition in your reading language.

Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-nineReleased2022Paperback

Nineteen Eighty-nineReleased2022Hardcover

2021

1979ReleasedOct 5, 2021Paperback · Mass-market · Ebook · Audio
1979 The Unmissable First Thriller in an Electrifying, Brand-New Series from the Queen of CrimeReleasedAug 31, 2021Hardcover
1979 The unmissable first thriller in an electrifying, brand-new series from the No.1 bestsellerReleasedAug 19, 2021Paperback
ResistanceReleased2021Hardcover · Paperback · Ebook
Nineteen Seventy-nineReleased2021Paperback

2020

Afraid Of The Christmas Lights An Eclectic Mix of Festive Shorts with All Profits Going to Support Domestic Abuse SurvivorsReleasedNov 27, 2020Paperback
Christmas is Murder A chilling short story collectionReleasedNov 5, 2020Hardcover · Paperback
Still LifeReleased2020Hardcover · Paperback · Ebook · Audio

2019

My ScotlandReleasedOct 22, 2019Hardcover
How the Dead SpeakReleased2019Hardcover · Paperback · Ebook · Audio

2018

Blue Genes and Star Struck Kate Brannigan Mysteries #5 And #6ReleasedJul 17, 2018Paperback
FootlooseReleasedJul 6, 2018Paperback
Final Edition & Union JackReleasedMar 20, 2018Ebook
Booked for Murder & Hostage to MurderReleasedMar 20, 2018Ebook
Report for Murder & Common MurderReleasedMar 20, 2018Ebook
Booked for Murder and Hostage to Murder Lindsay Gordon Mysteries #5 and #6ReleasedMar 20, 2018Paperback
Broken GroundReleased2018Hardcover · Paperback · Ebook · Audio

2017

Insidious IntentReleased2017Hardcover · Paperback · Ebook · Audio

2016

Val McDermid 3-Book Thriller Collection: The Mermaids Singing, The Wire in the Blood, The Last Temptation (Tony Hill and Carol Jordan)ReleasedJan 28, 2016Paperback
The Tony Hill and Carol Jordan Series, 1-4ReleasedJan 19, 2016Ebook
Out of BoundsReleased2016Hardcover · Paperback · Audio

2015

Skeleton roadReleasedDec 8, 2015Paperback · Mass-market · Ebook
Place of Execution, AReleasedAug 18, 2015Paperback
Stranded CReleasedJun 9, 2015Paperback
Stranded Short StoriesReleasedJun 4, 2015Paperback
ForensicsReleasedJan 2, 2015Paperback · Ebook · Audio
Splinter the SilenceReleased2015Hardcover · Paperback · Audio
Forensics What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA, and More Tell Us About CrimeReleased2015Hardcover · Paperback · Audio

2014

The Skeleton RoadReleased2014Hardcover · Paperback
Northanger AbbeyReleased2014Hardcover · Paperback · Mass-market · Ebook · Audio
Forensics The Anatomy of CrimeReleased2014Hardcover · Paperback

2013

Gunpowder Plots A Short Story CollectionReleasedNov 1, 2013Paperback
Cross Roads A Short Story CollectionReleasedAug 8, 2013Paperback
Cross and BurnReleasedJan 1, 2013Hardcover · Paperback · Audio

2012

Christmas is Murder A Short Story CollectionReleasedDec 7, 2012Paperback
Vanishing PointReleasedSep 13, 2012Paperback · Audio
Val McDermid 2-Book Bundle The Mermaids Singing and The Wire in the BloodReleasedJan 10, 2012Paperback
The Vanishing PointReleased2012Hardcover · Paperback · Ebook
My Granny Is a PirateReleased2012Hardcover

2011

RetributionReleased2011Paperback · Audio
The RetributionReleased2011Hardcover · Paperback · Audio
Kate Brannigan: Clean Break (BBC Radio Crimes)Released2011Audio

2010

Kick Back (PI Kate Brannigan, Book 2)ReleasedJul 8, 2010Paperback
Xkilling Shadows Pb RsReleasedApr 23, 2010Paperback
Trick of the DarkReleased2010Hardcover · Paperback · Mass-market
Xlast Temtation AsdaReleasedJan 1, 2010Paperback
Life's Too ShortReleased2010Paperback

2009

The Wire in the Blood (Tony Hill and Carol Jordan, Book 2)ReleasedMay 22, 2009Paperback
Blue Genes (PI Kate Brannigan, Book 5)ReleasedMay 22, 2009Paperback
The Last Temptation (Tony Hill and Carol Jordan, Book 3)ReleasedMay 22, 2009Ebook
Clean Break (PI Kate Brannigan, Book 4)ReleasedMay 22, 2009Ebook
Mermaids Singingmermaids SingingReleasedMar 2009Paperback
Fever of the BoneReleased2009Hardcover · Paperback · Audio
Darker DomainReleased2009Paperback
Schleichendes GiftReleased2009Hardcover · Mass-market

2008

A Darker Domain (Detective Karen Pirie, Book 2)ReleasedSep 4, 2008Hardcover
A Darker DomainReleased2008Hardcover · Paperback · Mass-market · Ebook
The torment of others The mermaids singingReleased2008Mass-market

2007

Beneath the BleedingReleased2007Hardcover · Paperback · Ebook · Audio

2006

Grave TattooReleasedApr 23, 2006Hardcover · Paperback
The Grave TattooReleased2006Hardcover · Paperback · Mass-market · Audio
CleanskinReleased2006Paperback · Ebook
Kick Back: A Kate Brannigan MysteryReleased2006Paperback

2005

Conferences Are MurderReleasedSep 2005Paperback
Torment of OthersReleasedAug 29, 2005Paperback · Mass-market · Audio
StrandedReleased2005Hardcover · Paperback · Ebook
Blue Genes + Clean BreakReleased2005Paperback

2004

The Torment of OthersReleased2004Hardcover · Paperback · Mass-market · Audio
Dead Beat & Kick BackReleased2004Mass-market · Ebook

2003

Last TemptationReleasedSep 29, 2003Paperback · Mass-market
The Distant EchoReleased2003Hardcover · Paperback · Mass-market · Ebook · Audio
Distant EchoReleased2003Hardcover · Paperback · Audio
Hostage to MurderReleased2003Hardcover · Paperback · Audio

2002

The Last TemptationReleased2002Hardcover · Paperback · Mass-market · Ebook · Audio

2001

Union Jack (lindsay Gordon Series #4)Released2001Paperback
Place Of ExecutionReleased2001Paperback · Mass-market
The Mermaids Singing The Wire in the BloodReleased2001Paperback

2000

Killing the ShadowsReleased2000Hardcover · Paperback · Mass-market · Ebook · Audio

1999

The Mermaid SingingReleasedOct 1999Audio
Place of Execution 12bk BinReleasedJun 1999Paperback
A Place of ExecutionReleased1999Hardcover · Paperback · Mass-market · Ebook
Mermaids SingingReleasedJan 1, 1999Hardcover · Audio

1998

Booked for MurderReleasedJun 1998Paperback · Mass-market
Wire in the BloodReleasedMay 1, 1998Paperback · Audio
Star StruckReleased1998Hardcover · Paperback · Mass-market · Ebook
Booked for Murder A Lindsay Gordon MysteryReleased1998Hardcover

1997

The Wire in the BloodReleased1997Hardcover · Paperback · Mass-market · Ebook · Audio
Perfectly CorrectReleased1997Paperback

1996

Clean Break Ein Fall für Kate BranniganReleasedSep 26, 1996Paperback · Mass-market
Booked for Murder The Fifth Lindsay Gordon MysteryReleased1996Hardcover · Paperback
Blue GenesReleased1996Hardcover · Paperback
Blue Genes A Kate Brannigan MysteryReleased1996Hardcover

1995

Clean BreakReleased1995Paperback · Mass-market
A Suitable Job for a Woman Inside the World of Women Private EyesReleased1995Paperback
The Mermaids SingingReleased1995Hardcover · Paperback · Mass-market · Ebook · Audio
Clean Break A Kate Brannigan MysteryReleased1995Hardcover

1994

Crack DownReleased1994Hardcover · Paperback · Mass-market

1993

KickbackReleased1993Hardcover · Paperback · Mass-market
Union JackReleased1993Hardcover · Paperback
Union Jack The Fourth Lindsay Gordon MysteryReleased1993Paperback

1992

Dead BeatReleased1992Hardcover · Paperback · Mass-market

1991

Final EditionReleased1991Hardcover · Paperback
Open and ShutReleased1991Hardcover

1989

Common MurderReleased1989Hardcover · Paperback

1987

Report for MurderReleased1987Hardcover · Paperback · Audio

1900

Val McDermid Box Set: Wire in the Blood / Place of Execution / The Last TemptationReleased1900Paperback

1773

Val McDermid Box SetReleased1773Paperback

Date to be confirmed

Die Erfinder des TodesDate to be confirmedHardcover · Paperback
Crime & Mystery Series Novel Collection 8 Books Set: The Distant Echo, Dead Beat, Common Murder, The Mermaids Singing, The Wire in the Blood, The Last Temptation, The Grave Tattoo, Killing the ShadowsDate to be confirmedPaperback
Wen es trifft und Wer den Wagen ins Rollen bringtDate to be confirmedAudio
Xdistant EchoDate to be confirmedHardcover · Paperback