Books
by Val McDermid
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Clean Break |
Kate Brannigan is a private detective, brisk, no nonsense, lots of get-up-and-go and a quirky use of language. The hunt for art thieves - who break into stately, but not TOO stately mansions, for just the one floggable art treasure - leads her across Europe, as if a parallel case didn't take up all her time. Not top-drawer but amusing and readable, lots of pertinent remarks on human peculiarities.
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 59 Winter 2011) |
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Star Struck |
McDermid was a journalist for many years and her books profit from her experiences in the real world. Kate Brannigan, her Private Investigator, amuses and intrigues the reader with her gritty, quirky wit, often directed against herself; her loyalty towards her friends and helpers, however unorthodox; together with a plot which, not too obviously, moves along speedily and smoothly. In this one we get insights into TV soaps and fortune-telling, very entertaining.
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 60 Spring 2011) |
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