About
Val McDermid
Val McDermid (born 4 June 1955) is a Scottish crime writer best known for her series featuring clinical psychologist Tony Hill and DCI Carol Jordan. McDermid was born and raised in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. She studied English at Oxford University and worked as a journalist before becoming a full-time writer in 1987. Her debut novel, "Report for Murder," was published in 1987. McDermid has won numerous awards for her work, including the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year in 1995 for "The Wire in the Blood" and the 2016 Edgar Award for Best Novel for "Out of Bounds." Her books have been translated into over 30 languages and have sold over 17 million copies worldwide. She is considered one of the most successful crime writers in the world and her work has been praised for its psychological depth, strong characterization, and gripping plots.
Book Series by Val McDermid
Allie Burns Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 2021 | Buy on Amazon |
| 1989 | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
Inspector Karen Pirie Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Distant Echo | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Darker Domain | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Skeleton Road | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Out of Bounds | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Broken Ground | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Still Life | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Past Lying | 2023 | Buy on Amazon |
Kate Brannigan Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Dead Beat | 1992 | Buy on Amazon |
| Kick Back | 1993 | Buy on Amazon |
| Crack Down | 1994 | Buy on Amazon |
| Clean Break | 1995 | Buy on Amazon |
| Blue Genes | 1996 | Buy on Amazon |
| Star Struck | 1998 | Buy on Amazon |
Lindsay Gordon Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Report For Murder | 1987 | Buy on Amazon |
| Common Murder | 1989 | Buy on Amazon |
| Final Edition / Open and Shut / Deadline for Murder | 1991 | Buy on Amazon |
| Union Jack / Conferences Are Murder | 1993 | Buy on Amazon |
| Booked For Murder | 1996 | Buy on Amazon |
| Final Edition ( With: V.L. McDermid) | 1997 | Buy on Amazon |
| Hostage To Murder | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
Tony Hill/Carol Jordan Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Mermaids Singing | 1995 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Wire In The Blood | 1997 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Last Temptation | 2002 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Torment of Others | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| Beneath the Bleeding | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Fever of the Bone | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Retribution | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Cross and Burn | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Splinter the Silence | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Insidious Intent | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Footloose (Short Story) ( With: Peter James) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| How the Dead Speak | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
Val McDermid Other Novels
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| A Place of Execution | 1999 | Buy on Amazon |
| Killing the Shadows | 2000 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Grave Tattoo | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| Trick of the Dark | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Vanishing Point | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
Val McDermid Short Stories/Novellas
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Cleanskin (Short Story) | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| Life's Too Short | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
Val McDermid Short Story Collections
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Writing on the Wall and Other Stories (Short Story) | 1997 | Buy on Amazon |
| Stranded | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| Christmas is Murder | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
Val McDermid Graphic Novels
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Resistance | 2021 | Buy on Amazon |
Val McDermid Picture Books
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| My Granny Is a Pirate | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
Val McDermid Non-Fiction Books
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| A Suitable Job for a Woman | 1994 | Buy on Amazon |
| Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| My Scotland | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
Austen Project Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Sense & Sensibility ( By: Joanna Trollope) | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Northanger Abbey | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Emma ( By: Alexander McCall Smith) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Eligible ( By: Curtis Sittenfeld) | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
The MatchUp Collection Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Honor & ... ( By: C.J. Box, Sandra Brown) | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Deserves to Be Dead (Short Story) ( By: John Sandford, Lisa Jackson) | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Getaway (Short Story) ( By: Lisa Scottoline, Nelson DeMille) | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Midnight Flame (Short Story) ( By: Christopher Rice, Lara Adrian) | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Short Story (Short Story) ( By: Karin Slaughter, Michael Koryta) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Past Prologue (Short Story) ( By: Diana Gabaldon, Steve Berry) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Faking a Murderer ( By: Lee Child, Kathy Reichs) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dig Here (Short Story) ( By: Charlaine Harris, Andrew Gross) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Taking the Veil (Short Story) ( By: J.A. Jance, Eric Van Lustbader) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Rambo on Their Minds (Short Story) ( By: Gayle Lynds, David Morrell) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Footloose (Short Story) ( With: Peter James) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
Murderous Christmas Stories Series
Murder under the Christmas Tree: Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season
2016
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Murder under the Christmas Tree: Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Murder on Christmas Eve | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Very Murderous Christmas: Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Murder at Christmas: Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Murder on a Winter's Night | 2021 | Buy on Amazon |
| Murder in the Falling Snow | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
Darkland Tales Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Rizzio (Short Story) ( By: Denise Mina) | 2021 | Buy on Amazon |
| Hex ( By: Jenni Fagan) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Nothing Left to Fear From Hell ( By: Alan Warner) | 2023 | Buy on Amazon |
| Columba's Bones ( By: David Greig) | 2023 | Buy on Amazon |
| Queen Macbeth | 2024 | Buy on Amazon |
Val McDermid Anthologies
The Adventure of the Missing Detective and 19 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories
2005
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Days: A Modern Twist on The Twelve Days of Christmas | 2000 | Buy on Amazon |
| Naked Came the Phoenix | 2001 | Buy on Amazon |
| The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 | 2002 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tart Noir | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| Like a Charm | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Adventure of the Missing Detective and 19 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Magnetic North | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Crime Scenes Revisited: Scottish Popular Fiction | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Merry Band of Murderers | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| Criminal Tendencies | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Sounds Of Crime | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Library Book | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Killer Cookbook | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Inherit the Dead | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| OxCrimes: 27 Killer Stories from the Cream of Crimewriters | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Out There: An Anthology of Scottish LGBT writing | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Crime Writers: A Decade of Crime | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Crime Plus Music | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| MatchUp | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Exit Wounds | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Bloody Scotland | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Imagine A Country | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Marple: Twelve New Mysteries | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
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