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Past Lying: A Karen Pirie Novel

Val McDermid (author)

Paperback Published on: 10/09/2024

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Publisher information

Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN: 9780802163653
Number of pages: 464
Languages: English

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Pirie Returns, guns blazing!

Clever, whip-crackingly sharp and always original, Past Lying sees the very welcome return of Karen Pirie and her cold case team. Another Edinburgh-set thr... READ MORE

Chris Scotland

This reviewer received a free of charge product for review.

Like being reunited with old friends!

Karen Pirie is back and better than ever! Set during lockdown, enough time has passed for the reader to immerse themselves in that strange time once again... READ MORE

Elizabeth Fazal

Worth waiting for....

I've waited ooh 3 years for this novel, and it didn't disappoint. The Karen Pirie novels are less bloodthirsty than Val's other works, focusing as they do ... READ MORE

Abi Chippindale

Slower paced, with good plot complexity

4.25⭐️ #7 Karen Piri This one is set in the midst of Covid and it’s restrictions. This is the 2nd book I’ve read recently in this time frame, I hope... READ MORE

Lesley Lloyd

Brilliant

It is Spring 2020, and Scotland is in lockdown as the world faces the Covid-19 pandemic. DCI Karen Pirie has decided to sit out the lockdown in her partner... READ MORE

Andy BI

My first dip into the Karen Pirie series

Whilst I’ve read and enjoyed several standalone novels by Val McDermid, this is my first dip into any of the series. As I’d expected from previous McDermid... READ MORE

Caz Stevens

From a master crafter of mystery

crime-thriller, suspense, law-enforcement, mysteries, detective-fiction, procedural, pandemic, archivist, library, tense, murder, murder-investigation*****... READ MORE

Janice Tangen

Pages fly by

4.5 stars. Past Lying features the return of Karen Pirie during the beginning of Covid and its lockdown. Karen is sent a deceased author's manuscript... READ MORE

Judy Odom

DO NOT MISS IT! IT IS HER BEST YET!

This is her best yet. The twists are just amazing.

Stanley Irvine

Past Lying by Val McDermid

Past Lying by Val McDermid is a masterclass in storytelling, the story just flows and it was interesting to see how Scottish police dealt with the dreaded ... READ MORE

Christine Rennie

Police procedural set around EDINBURGH

Karen is hunkering down in a bubble with Daisy, her subordinate, in a loaned apartment. It is early 2020 and lockdown has been initiated and everyone is co... READ MORE

TripFiction

An enthralling mystery-thriller from the Queen

Past Lying is another engrossing instalment in Val McDermid's series featuring Edinburgh-based Detective Chief Inspector Karen Pirie. It's April 2020 an... READ MORE

Sarah Hood

Highly Recommend.

Set during Lockdown. Karen Pirie investigates a 'cold case' of a young Edinburgh University student who disappeared. We then enter the world of writers an... READ MORE

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Past Lying: A Karen Pirie Novel

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