Val Mcdermid Libros Populares

Val Mcdermid Biografía y Hechos

Val McDermid (nacida el 4 de junio de 1955) es una escritora escocesa conocida por la serie de novelas de intriga Wire in the Blood. Dicha serie está protagonizada por su personaje más famoso, el doctor Tony Hill. Biografía McDermid procede de Kirkcaldy, Fife, y fue educada en el St Hilda's College, de Oxford, donde fue la primera alumna procedente de una escuela estatal de Escocia, la Kirkcaldy High School, y se convirtió en presidenta de la Junior Common Room. Después de graduarse, se dedicó al periodismo y trabajó brevemente como dramaturga. Su primer éxito como novelista, Report for Murder: The First Lindsay Gordon Mystery, no apareció hasta 1987. La Universidad de Sunderland le concedió a McDermid un doctorado honorífico en 2011.[1]​ Es la cofundadora del festival de novela policíaca más grande del mundo, que tiene lugar en Harrogate, se trata del festival "Theaktons Old Peculier Crime Writing". Obra Los protagonistas de las tres series de novelas de McDermid son una periodista, Lindsay Gordon; un investigadora privada, Kate Brannigan; y un psicólogo clínico, Tony Hill, quién sufre una disfunción sexual. La serie de novelas protagonizadas por Tony Hill y Carol Jordan comenzó en 1995 con la primera entrega, "El canto de las sirenas" y ganó el premio Gold Dagger de la Crime Writers' Association a la mejor novela criminal del año. La serie Hill/Jordan fue adaptada para televisión con el nombre Wire in the Blood y fue protagonizada por Robson Green y Hermione Norris como Carol Jordan. Val McDermid ha reconocido que Jacko Vance, presentador de TV con una secreta afición por la tortura, el asesinato y las chicas menores de edad (personaje que apareció en "El alambre en las venas" y en otras dos novelas posteriores de la serie) fue inspirado por su propia experiencia al entrevistar a Jimmy Savile.[2]​ La novela favorita de McDermid es Matar a un ruiseñor, de Harper Lee.[cita requerida] McDermid considera que su trabajo forma parte del género de novela policial escocés llamado Tartan Noir".[3]​ In addition to writing novels, McDermid contributes to several British newspapers and often broadcasts on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio Scotland.[4]​ Sus novelas, en particular la serie de Tony Hill, son famosas por sus gráficas descripciones de violencia y tortura. El ataque con tinta El 6 de diciembre de 2012, McDermid fue atacada por un agresor que derramó tinta sobre la autora durante un evento en la Universidad de Sunderland, en el noreste de Inglaterra.[5]​ McDermid acababa de terminar una conferencia pública y llevaba a cabo una sesión de firma de libros cuando una mujer de unos sesenta años con una peluca rubia y sombrero,[6]​ le pidió a McDermid que firmase un anuario de Top of the Pops con una foto en la portada del presentador de TV Jimmy Savile.[6]​ Cuando McDermid se negó, la mujer tiró tinta sobre ella y salió corriendo de la sala.[6]​ McDermid declaró que ese incidente no impediría que asistiese a otros eventos de firma de libros porque, como comunicó en un periódico local, "He estado haciéndolo durante 25 años y nunca me ha pasado nada parecido. Esto no puede disuadirme de asistir a firmas de libros, porque la inmensa mayoría de la gente que viene a mis eventos son lectores inteligentes."[7]​ McDermid también dejó claro que no responsabilizaba a la Universidad de Sunderland por el ataque, declarando que: "Se esforzaron mucho por preparar el evento y no se les puede achacar ninguna culpa".[8]​ El 29 de diciembre, la policía de Northumbria anunció que habían detenido a una mujer de 64 años procedente de Hendon, en relación con el ataque. La mujer fue detenida bajo sospecha de agresión y más tarde fue puesta bajo fianza mientras proseguía la investigación.[8]​ En abril de 2013, el Sunderland Echo publicó el nombre de la detenida, Sandra Botham.[9]​ Se hizo público que había sido inculpada de agresión, la mujer negó los cargos y fue sometida a un juicio de dos días que comenzó el 8 de julio de 2013.[9]​ Botham fue declarada culpable de agresión el 10 de julio de 2013.[10]​ Botham recibió una condena de doce meses de trabajos comunitarios bajo supervisión y tuvo que pagar dos multas por compensación de daños, una de 50 libras y otra de 60.[11]​ También se le impuso una orden de alejamiento que le prohíbe contactar con McDermid por un período indefinido de tiempo.[12]​ Tras el juicio, el periódico Northern Echo publicó que la agresión de Botham fue motivada por un libro de no-ficción que escribió McDermid en 1994 A Suitable Job for a Woman, y que Botham declaraba que el libro contenía un pasaje que los denigraba a ella y a su familia.[13]​ Vida privada McDermid ha declarado ser homosexual. Ella y su expareja comparten la custodia de su hijo, Cameron, concebido por la ex de McDermid a través de inseminación artificial.[4]​[14]​ McDermid vive en Mánchester y Northumberland y tiene tres gatos[15]​ y un perro border terrier. La autora considera que la costa de Northumberland es "uno de los lugares más hermosos del mundo."[16]​ McDermid ha declarado estar a favor de la campaña del "Sí" por la independencia de Escocia.[17]​ McDermind visitó recientemente el Tour Estadio Omnilife y se declaró fan de Chivas. https://web.archive.org/web/20151212062848/http://www.estadioomnilife.com.mx/museo Bibliografía Serie Lindsay Gordon Report for Murder (1987) Common Murder (1989) Final Edition (1991) Union Jack (1993) Booked for Murder (1996) Hostage to Murder (2003) Serie Kate Brannigan Dead Beat (1992) Kick Back (1993) Crack Down (1994) Clean Break (1995) Blue Genes (1996) Star Struck (1998) Serie Tony Hill y Carol Jordan El canto de las sirenas (1995) El alambre en las venas (1997) La última tentación (2002) The Torment of Others (2004) Bajo la mano sangrienta (2007)[18]​ Fever of the bone (2009) The Retribution (2011) Cross and Burn (2013) Splinter the Silence (2015) Insidious Intent (2017) Inspectora Karen Pirie Un eco lejano (2003) Un territorio oscuro (2008) The Skeleton Road (2014) Out of Bounds (2016) La primera piedra (2018) Still Life (2020) The Austen Project Northanger Abbey (2014) Otros libros The Writing on the Wall (1997); relatos cortos, edición limitada de 200 copias Un lugar de ejecución (1999) Killing the Shadows (2000) Stranded (2005); relatos cortos Delito en la piel (2006) Cuerpo tatuado (2006) Trick of the Dark (2010) The Vanishing Point (2012) Libros infantiles My Granny is a Pirate (2012)[19]​ No ficción A Suitable Job for a Woman (1994) Bodies of Evidence (2014) Referencias Enlaces externos Val McDermid's Official Site Val McDermid en Contemporary Writers (en inglés) (British Council) Val McDermid talks about the novels that have influenced her in the Guardian bookshop challenge . 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    The Locked Room

    Elly Griffiths

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    Two Kinds of Truth

    Michael Connelly

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    Unlucky 13

    James Patterson

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    The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry

    Rachel Joyce

    Companion edition to the major film written by Rachel Joyce, awardwinning author of the internationally bestselling book, directed by Hettie Macdonald (Normal People) and starring ...

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    The Lighthouse

    P. D. James

    Now a major Channel 5 series'The Queen of Crime.' New York TimesCombe Island off the Cornish coast is a restful retreat for the rich and the powerful. But the peace of the island i...

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    A Heart Full of Headstones

    Ian Rankin

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    Big Sky

    Kate Atkinson

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    Postmortem

    Patricia Cornwell

    The first book in the Kay Scarpetta series, from No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell. Scarpetta is coming to the screen soon, starring Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis.'Am...

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    The Night Fire

    Michael Connelly

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    The Last Dance

    Mark Billingham

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    Trace

    Patricia Cornwell

    The thirteenth book in the Kay Scarpetta series, from No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell. 'America's most chilling writer of crime fiction' The TimesAgainst her own judgem...

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    The Last Party

    Clare Mackintosh

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    The Lewis Man

    Peter May

    THE 12 MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE ENZO FILES AND THE CHINA THRILLERSAWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF THE CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY 2021'One of the best regarded crime series of ...

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    19th Christmas

    James Patterson

    'Smart characters, shocking twists' Lisa Gardner'I couldn't turn the pages quick enough' Heidi Perks'Terrific, highoctane, really pacy' Jo Spain'A compelling read with great set pi...

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    Original Sin

    P. D. James

    Now a major Channel 5 series'The Queen of Crime.' New York TimesThe Peverell Press, a twohundredyearold publishing firm housed in a dramatic mockVenetian palace on the Thames, is c...

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    Mission Critical

    Mark Greaney

    From Mark Greaney, the New York Times bestselling author of Gunmetal Gray and a coauthor of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels, comes a highstakes thriller featuring the world's most da...

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    Jar City

    Arnaldur Indriðason & Bernard Scudder

    An old man, murdered in his Reykjavik flat...Only a cryptic note and a photograph of a young girl's grave are left behind..DID THE DEAD MAN'S PAST COME BACK TO HAUNT HIM?Inspector ...

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    Resurrection Walk

    Michael Connelly

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    Dust

    Patricia Cornwell

    The twentyfirst book in the Kay Scarpetta series, from No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell.'America's most chilling writer of crime fiction' The Times After working on one o...

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    A Room Full of Bones

    Elly Griffiths

    Halloween night, and the dead are closer than ever for Dr Ruth Galloway. She is used to longdead bodies, but a fresh corpse in the middle of a museum is a new challenge. 'My favour...

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    15th Affair

    James Patterson

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    Moriarty

    Anthony Horowitz

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    The Dark Hours

    Michael Connelly

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    The Stalker

    Alex Gray

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    Transient Desires

    Donna Leon

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    Cast Iron

    Peter May

    THE 12 MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE LEWIS TRILOGY AND THE CHINA THRILLERSAWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF THE CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY 2021'Enzo MacLeod is one of the most unusua...

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    The Book of Souls

    James Oswald

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    8th Confession

    James Patterson

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    The Late Show

    Michael Connelly

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    Shock Wave

    John Sandford

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    Desert Star

    Michael Connelly

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    The Law of Innocence

    Michael Connelly

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    The Bourne Identity

    Robert Ludlum

    Jason Bourne is back in the forthcoming major motion picture starring Matt Damon and Alicia Vikander. Go back to where it all began for Bourne in his first adventure The Bourne Id...

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    L. A. Requiem

    Robert Crais

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    In a House of Lies

    Ian Rankin

    'THE KING OF CRIME FICTION' SUNDAY EXPRESSSomeone buried the truth. Now it's time to dig up the lies...A GRIPPING REBUS THRILLER FROM THE ICONIC #1 BESTSELLER Private investigat...

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    7th Heaven

    James Patterson

    'Smart characters, shocking twists' Lisa Gardner'Lots of clever links in the breakneck plot' Cork Evening Echo'This crime drama races along in short, actionpacked chapters' My Week...

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    Red Mist

    Patricia Cornwell

    The nineteenth book in the Kay Scarpetta series, from No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell.'America's most chilling writer of crime fiction' The TimesKay Scarpetta has arrang...

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    Life or Death

    Michael Robotham

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    The Night Gate

    Peter May

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  • The Janus Stone sinopsis y comentarios

    The Janus Stone

    Elly Griffiths

    A gruesome discovery at an old children's home lays bare terrible secret's from Norwich's past in the second gripping mystery for Dr Ruth Galloway.'The setting is enticingly atmosp...

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    The Murder Room

    P. D. James

    Now a major Channel 5 series 'The Queen of Crime.' New York Times Commander Adam Dalgliesh is already acquainted with the Dupayne Museum in Hampstead, and with its sinister m...

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    The Maze

    Nelson DeMille

    The brand new, unmissable John Corey novel from America's Greatest Living Thriller Writer.'Bottom line, if a man is known by his enemies, I'm one helluva guy.'Former antiterrorist ...

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    The Blackhouse

    Peter May & Peter Forbes

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    A Song for the Dark Times

    Ian Rankin

    From the iconic Number One bestseller Ian Rankin, comes one of the mustread books of the year: A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES 'Genius ... Only great novels capture the spirit of the age...

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    Fair Warning

    Michael Connelly

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  • Fever of the Bone sinopsis y comentarios

    Fever of the Bone

    Val McDermid

    You should have been a detective. If there's one thing the last year has proved, it's how good you are at finding things out. Not simple things. Hard things. Things that nobody is ...

  • Dying Fall sinopsis y comentarios

    Dying Fall

    Elly Griffiths

    When murder strikes close to home, Dr Ruth Galloway is determined to find justice without ending up in the firing line herself.'One of the most cinematic finales in recent crime f...

  • The Stone Circle sinopsis y comentarios

    The Stone Circle

    Elly Griffiths

    'My favourite series' Val McDermidDCI Nelson has been receiving threatening letters telling him to 'go to the stone circle and rescue the innocent who is buried there'. He is shake...

  • The Hangman's Song sinopsis y comentarios

    The Hangman's Song

    James Oswald

    Discover the gripping thriller from the author of Richard & Judy pick Natural Causes From the Sunday Times bestseller comes an electrifying crime thriller for fans of Ian Ranki...

  • Defending Jacob sinopsis y comentarios

    Defending Jacob

    William Landay

    If your son was on trial for murder, what would you do?Andy Barber's job is to put killers behind bars. And when a boy from his son Jacob's school is found stabbed to death, Andy i...