Dead Beat and Kick Back

Dead Beat introduces Kate Brannigan, a Thai boxing, rock-and-roll female private detective from Manchester.

Crack Down and Clean Break

“Crime writing of the very highest order . . . Kate Brannigan has turned into the most interesting sleuthess around.” —The Times (U.K.)

Blue Genes and Star Struck

Private eye Kate Brannigan confronts betrayal and cold-blooded greed as she investigates the alien world of medical experimentation and the underbelly of the rock…

Report for Murder and Common Murder

Now available in paperback for the first time, the Lindsay Gordon novels set internationally bestselling writer Val McDermid on the path to becoming the…

Final Edition and Union Jack

Booked for Murder and Hostage to Murder