Val McDermid

The Vanishing Point

The pulse-racing standalone thriller that you won't be able to put down

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Produktbeschreibung

It's every parent's worst nightmare - your child abducted while you look on, helpless. But five-year-old Jimmy's life is shrouded in secrets, and his mother will be forced to make the most difficult choice of her life - a choice that will affect everyone around her...

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Little, Brown Book Group / Sphere
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 126mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 378g
• ISBN-13: 9780751546101
• ISBN-10: 0751546100
• Artikelnr.: 35512061

Autorenporträt

Val McDermid is an international number one bestselling author whose books have been translated into more than forty languages. Her multi-award-winning series and standalone novels have been adapted for TV and radio, most notably the Wire in the Blood series featuring clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill and DCI Carol Jordan. The Karen Pirie novels have now been adapted for a major ITV series. Val has been chair of the judges for the Wellcome Book Prize and the Gordon Burn Prize, and has served as a judge for the Women's Prize for Fiction, the Man Booker Prize and the Royal Society Book Prize. She is the recipient of eight honorary doctorates and is an Honorary Fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford. She is a visiting professor in the Centre of Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Otago in New Zealand. Among her many awards are the CWA Diamond Dagger recognising lifetime achievement and the Theakston's Old Peculier award for Outstanding Contribution to Crime Writing. Val is also an experienced broadcaster and much-sought-after columnist and commentator across print media. www.valmcdermid.com Instagram @quineofcrime

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