**Val McDermid's *bestselling novels have won the Los Angeles Times Book of the Year Award, and the Crime Writers' Association's Gold Dagger and Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for outstanding achievement. Her acclaimed Karen Pirie series has been adapted into an Edgar Award-nominated ITV/BritBox show....

**Val McDermid's *bestselling novels have won the Los Angeles Times Book of the Year Award, and the Crime Writers' Association's Gold Dagger and Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for outstanding achievement. Her acclaimed Karen Pirie series has been adapted into an Edgar Award-nominated ITV/BritBox show. She is also a five-time finalist for the Edgar Award, including for the Fact Crime nominee Forensics and most recently for the Sue Grafton Memorial Award nominee Past Lying *. She lives in Scotland.