Some of our finest writers are authors of crime fiction. Russell Banks, James Ellroy, Patricia Highsmith, P.D. James and of course, Val McDermid. These writers don’t just tell a detective tale, they peel back the layers of human experience to reveal all the gory bits we try never to see up close. Read More
Trick of the Dark (Bywater Books) is something old and something new from McDermid. A stand-alone novel (not one of her series detectives appears) and thoroughly, engagingly, compellingly lesbian as well as being just as bloodily intense as her previous thrillers. Read More
The 23rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards, on May 26, 2011, were chocked full of thought provoking and inspiring speeches. The...
“I had a desire to make sure that the generations of women coming after me would not have to endure...
Lambda Literary Award Finalist One of the things that makes Val McDermid one of the best mystery writers on the...
September signals the start of the official fall book season, one of the busiest times of the year for publishers...
“I think that God, in creating Man, somewhat overestimated his ability.” So said Oscar Wilde in one of his innumerably...
