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Val McDermid Silent Bones

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A thrilling new novel in the Karen Pirie series from number one bestseller and Queen of Crime, Val McDermid

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Binding: Paperback

Date Published: 23 Oct 2025

THE POWERFUL NEW THRILLER IN THE KAREN PIRIE SERIES, NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES
'Beautifully structured, witty and twisty' ANN CLEEVES
'A perfect crime novel' KATE MOSSE
'Powerful, moving and wise' HARLAN COBEN
'Full of humour, heart and trademark twists' CHRIS WHITAKER

The truth is buried just beneath the surface . . .

When torrential rain causes a landslide on a motorway in Scotland, it reveals a crime scene: someone hid a body in the tarmac eleven years before. Journalist Sam Nimmo had been the prime suspect in the murder of his fiancee when he disappeared, and now DCI Karen Pirie and her Historic Cases Unit must find out who buried him, and why.

Meanwhile, in Edinburgh, new evidence reopens a closed case and the accidental death of a hotel manager starts to look like murder. But what did Tom Jamieson's book club have to do with his demise - and what will they do to keep their secrets?

Karen and her team begin to untangle a web of lies, one that connects their murder cases with Scotland's rich and powerful. They will be tested to their limits - and possibly beyond . . .

PRAISE FOR VAL MCDERMID
'The Queen of Crime shows no sign of abdicating' MICK HERRON

'No one does it better than Val McDermid' CHRIS WHITAKER

'Delivers on every level' MARIAN KEYES

'McDermid plots her novels in masterly style' SCOTSMAN

'McDermid remains unrivalled' OBSERVER
About the Author

Val McDermid is an international number one bestselling author whose books have been translated into more than forty languages. Her multi-award-winning series and standalone novels have been adapted for TV and radio, most notably the Wire in the Blood series featuring clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill and DCI Carol Jordan. The Karen Pirie novels have now been adapted for a major ITV series.

Val has been chair of the judges for the Wellcome Book Prize and the Gordon Burn Prize, and has served as a judge for the Women's Prize for Fiction, the Man Booker Prize and the Royal Society Book Prize. She is the recipient of eight honorary doctorates and is an Honorary Fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford. She is a visiting professor in the Centre of Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Otago in New Zealand. Among her many awards are the CWA Diamond Dagger recognising lifetime achievement and the Theakston's Old Peculier award for Outstanding Contribution to Crime Writing. Val is also an experienced broadcaster and much-sought-after columnist and commentator across print media.

www.valmcdermid.com
Instagram @quineofcrime

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Silent Bones is brilliant - really intricate, gripping and asking some tough questions; a perfect crime novel -- KATE MOSSE
A beautifully structured, witty and twisty novel with the friendship between the magnificent Karen Pirie and her team at its heart -- ANN CLEEVES
A propulsive, razor-sharp thrill-ride full of humour, heart, and trademark twists. I love Karen Pirie, and Silent Bones adds to a classic series that just keeps getting better -- CHRIS WHITAKER
Powerful, moving and wise - Val McDermid's books are always enthralling -- HARLAN COBEN
McDermid is at the top of her game in the masterful latest installment of her DCI Karen Pirie series . . . McDermid's procedural instincts are as strong as ever, and she balances them with wrenching developments in Karen's personal life . . . Readers will rest easy knowing they're in the hands of a seasoned storyteller * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, STARRED REVIEW *
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McDermid is at her considerable best here * Guardian *
A supremo of the genre at the height of her powers . . . An unmissable new series -- Peter James
A tour-de-force . . . The Queen of Crime has delivered another masterpiece -- David Baldacci

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