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Booked For Murder

Why would anyone want to kill Penny Varnavides, bestselling author of the ‘Teen Dreams’ series? Her demise can’t be the freak accident it first appeared – it’s an exact replica of the murder method in her forthcoming book. Only three people knew the plot of Penny’s unpublished novel: her literary agent, her editor and her ex-girlfriend Meredith.
In an effort to clear Meredith, Lindsay Gordon delves beneath the glittering façade of the seemingly glamorous world of London publishing in search of a murderer. While hobnobbing with industry notables, Lindsay encounters an unsavoury mix of soured relationships, desperate power plays, underhanded fraud, and seething rivalries. Who, amongst this sordid group, wanted Penny Varnavides dead?

Dubbed the Queen of Crime, Val McDermid has sold over 18.5 million books to date across the globe and is...