Publisher information
- Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
- ISBN: 9780802160348
- Number of pages: 448
- Languages: English
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Start of another compelling series!
Allie Burns #1.
As 1978 makes its cold snowy way for 1979 will the Winter of Discontent make way for better times? Widespread strikes and industrial acti... READ MORE
Brilliant
1979 by Val McDermid
1979. It is the winter of discontent, and reporter Allie Burns is chasing her first big scoop. There are few women in the newsroom an... READ MORE
Brilliant!
I’d like to thank Grove Atlantic and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read ‘1979’ , the first novel in a new series by Val McDermid, in exchange ... READ MORE
Home turf and a sure winner
As Val and I are ex-journalists, this excursion in newsroom hustle is a reminder of the power of newspapers and the exposure to danger of its reporters. Sm... READ MORE
Looking For a Scoop.
A new series from one of my favourite authors.
Book one in the Allie Burns series introduces Allie, an investigative journalist for a newspaper in Glasgow.... READ MORE
Unconvincing
I found this novel totally unconvincing. The naivety of the lead characters, journalists in a tough city, is unbelievable in the context of 1979.
Exciting start to a new series
This is the first time I have reviewed an audio book. I suppose the first big test is how easy was it to listen to. The answer is very. The narrators so... READ MORE
Has potential
The start of a new series, 1979 marks something of a change of direction for Val McDermid as she moves away from a crime fiction setting into investigative... READ MORE
A Mixed Bag
There is much to enjoy in this wide-ranging tale set in Glasgow in 1979. The scene setting is effective and the often robust dialogue engaging. Neverthele... READ MORE
Fantastic book
I absolutely loved this book. I was in my teens throughout the 70s and Val McDermid captures the mood and the atmosphere of the eponymous year perfectly. ... READ MORE
A great start to a new series
Val McDermid does it again with this great start to a new series.
Alie Burns is a new journalist and is desperate to get her big break but is finding it ha... READ MORE
A slow burn
Allie Burns #1
Allie Burns is an investigative journalist working in Glasgow. A woman in very much a mans world.
She sets up an alliance with Danny Sulli... READ MORE
A good read
So pleased that McDermid has returned to her roots. Loved her first two series of her books but not a fan of the more violent latter series. Enjoyed pa... READ MORE
LOOKS LIKE AN EXCELLENT NEW SERIES
Well this first in new series of journalist Allie Burns, was a cracker!!
All I will say is it usual Val McDermid excitement!!
1979 by Val McDermid
1979 by Val McDermid is the first in a new series introducing Allie Burns, as a reporter working in Glasgow.
It has a fascinating storyline and interesting... READ MORE
1979
This is book one of a new series by this author, well known for the Tony Hill and Karen Pirie series of books. I have read and enjoyed books in both of her... READ MORE
Disappointing
This is the first book in the Allie Burns series by author Val McDermid. I love the Karen Pirie series by Val McDermid so I was hoping for more of the same... READ MORE
So so
Absolutely love Val McDermid books but found this one so long and drawn out. I am not a huge fan of journalists but the character of Allie seems a good on... READ MORE
Fabulous read!
Oh it was great to be transported back to 1979, away from current COVID restrictions. I’d truly forgotten what we worried about in the 1970s but Val McDerm... READ MORE
Disappointing
Oh dear.
Slow, plodding and with a very unrealistic plot.
Unlike the statement on the book jacket: certainly not “at the top of her game”.
Perhaps book ... READ MORE
Masterfully immerses readers in late 1970s Glasgow
McDermid launches her first new series in almost twenty years, and it’s a belter from the beginning. In 1979, young Glasgow reporter Allie Burns is keen to... READ MORE
Mesmerizing read
4.5 stars that I gladly rounded up to 5 as the ending left me wanting to read Book 2 in the Allie Burns Series.
It is 1979 and newspaper reporters Allie B... READ MORE
The audiobook is a great listen!
Allie Burns is a young journalist on The Daily Clarion, a respected Scottish newspaper. She is intelligent and ambitious, and has already proven herself to... READ MORE
Another cracker from Val McDermid
A new Val McDermid series and it’s off to a strong start.
Allie Burns is a young journalist working in Glasgow. In the male-dominated newsroom of the late... READ MORE
Tremendously Good
Five Stars to 1979! This is a compelling tale featuring Allie Burns, an investigative journalist, and it's the début of a new series by Val McDermid. Altho... READ MORE
Tense, thrilling and crackling with authenticity
Val McDermid has magic flowing from her fingers. The Queen of Crime is in her element in 1979, the first book in her latest series. This one has Allie Burn... READ MORE
Carefully paced
It’s 1979 and during the winter of discontent, reporter Allie Burns is chasing her first big scoop. She and the least objectionable of her colleagues, Dann... READ MORE
Rubbish
Let me say from the start that I am a no 1 fan of Mz McDermid and rate the Karen Pirie as one of the best if not the best modern detective series. By compa... READ MORE
Badly damaged cover
I picked my signed copy up from my local Waterstones today, after ordering online.
The edge of the book is badly damaged.
I now have to return the copy and... READ MORE
Val McDermid, first class author. 1979 atmospheric thriller, highly recommended
1979 by Val McDermid.
Rating *****
I Ms McDermid does it again in her novel 1979. Great characters, had me chuckling at times, fantastic broody, chaotic se... READ MORE
Tartan noir done right!
It’s 1979. Alison is trying to make her way as an investigative journalist but the men who run the newsroom are determined that she only writes ‘women’s st... READ MORE
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