1979

Resumen del libro

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1979. It's the winter of discontent, and Allie Burns is chasing her first big scoop. One of few women in the newsroom, she needs something explosive for the boys' club to take her seriously.

Soon Allie and fellow reporter Danny Sullivan are making powerful enemies with their investigations - and Allie won't stop there. When she discovers a terrorist threat close to home, she devises a dangerous plan to make her name. But Allie is a woman in a man's world .

. . and putting a foot wrong could be fatal.

'A supremo of the genre at the height of her powers' PETER JAMES'The Queen of Crime has delivered another masterpiece' DAVID BALDACCI'Allie is a fabulous character, I'll go wherever she takes me' MARIAN KEYES'A thrilling snapshot of a fascinating era' JANE HARPER'McDermid at her nail-biting, heart-rending best' CHRIS WHITAKER'Her best book in years' THE TIMES, BOOK OF THE MONTH'Allie Burns is off to a flying start, and well worth following' SCOTSMAN'A perfect snapshot of the social and political issues of the time' LINWOOD BARCLAY'Full of wit, thrills and incisive social observation and features a marvellous new character' MICK HERRON'I have been reading Val McDermid for twenty-five years, so I am really saying something when I tell you I enjoyed this novel the most' CHRIS BROOKMYRE'The good news is that this excellent novel marks the start of a new series' GUARDIAN'Brilliant characters, masterful plotting' CHRIS HAMMER'An excellent opener to what promises to be an outstanding series' SPECTATOR'The fast-paced storytelling flows irresistibly' IRISH TIMES'Riveting' DAILY EXPRESS'Sensational. One of Britain's most accomplished writers' SUNDAY EXPRESS'A nail-biting new series' OBSERVER

Biografía del autor

Val McDermid (Kirkcaldy, 1955) es una de las grandes plumas del panorama negro de las últimas décadas. Escritora de números uno, sus novelas han sido traducidas a más de treinta idiomas y han vendido más de quince millones de ejemplares. Su obra ha sido reconocida con diversos premios internacionales, como la Daga de Oro del CWA a la mejor novela policiaca del año y el premio Libro del Año del LA Times. Fue incluida en el hall of fame de los premios de crimen y thriller de la ITV3 en 2009, recibió la Daga de Diamante Cartier de la CWA en 2010 y el premio Pioneer de la Lambda Literary Foundation en 2011. En 2016 recibió el premio a la más destacada contribución a la ficción criminal en el Festival de Escritura Criminal del Theakstons Old Peculier, y fue elegida miembro de la Real Sociedad de Literatura. En 2017 recibió el premio literario DIVA en la categoría policiaca. En la actualidad se dedica por entero a la escritura y divide su tiempo entre Cheshire y Edimburgo.