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Val McDermid

Author of A Place of Execution

Includes the names: V. McDermid, Val McDermid, Val McDermit, Val McDermid, Val McDermid, Val McDermit, McDermed Val, V. MacDermid, Val MacDermid, Val McDermind ... (see complete list), V. L. McDermid, Val McDermid/ Val MacDermid

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Title	Copies	Reviews	Ratings	Average	Median	Std. dev.
A Place of Execution	964	17	236	4.06	4.00	0.80
The Mermaids Singing	950	28	221	3.79	4.00	0.87
The Wire in the Blood	781	14	175	3.96	4.00	0.88
The Grave Tattoo	718	23	171	3.38	3.50	1.00
The Torment of Others	658	9	147	3.80	4.00	0.91
The Distant Echo	704	17	143	3.77	4.00	0.94
The Last Temptation	704	14	136	3.59	3.50	0.95
Killing the Shadows	613	11	119	3.58	3.50	0.93
A Darker Domain: A Novel	438	26	118	3.62	4.00	0.80
Beneath the Bleeding	396	16	117	3.89	4.00	0.78
Fever of the Bone	306	12	82	4.26	4.00	0.59
Trick of the Dark	184	11	56	3.21	3.25	0.84
The Retribution	118	11	41	3.79	4.00	0.83
Dead Beat	227	5	41	3.21	3.00	0.79
Blue Genes	248	7	41	3.21	3.50	0.98
Report for Murder	177	4	37	3.32	3.50	0.63
Crack Down	178	6	32	3.36	3.00	0.81
Clean Break	213	5	31	3.27	3.00	0.89
Kick Back	196	5	28	3.32	3.25	0.97
Star Struck	171	1	27	3.26	3.00	0.80
Common Murder	144	4	23	3.07	3.00	0.76
Hostage to Murder	120	3	17	3.09	3.00	0.94
Final Edition	122		17	3.41	3.50	0.81
Union Jack	134	1	16	3.28	3.00	0.73
Booked for Murder	121	1	16	3.41	3.50	0.64
Cleanskin (Quick Reads)	50	4	12	3.08	3.00	0.64
Stranded	33		9	3.50	3.00	0.75
The Library Book	41		9	3.72	3.50	0.85
A Suitable Job for a Woman	22		3	4.00	4.00	0.82
THE MERMAIDS SINGING AND THE WIRE IN THE BLOOD.	15		2	4.50	4.50	0.50
Life's Too Short (Quick Read)	5		2	2.75	2.75	0.25
Mammoth Book of Best British Crime	6	1	2	4.25	4.25	0.25
Sans laisser de traces	2	1	2	2.50	2.50	0.50
Skrupellos.	2		1	4.00	4.00
Sous les mains sanglantes	1	1	1	3.50	3.50
Abgekupfert.	5	1	1	4.00	4.00
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine - 2002/01	1		1	4.00	4.00
Mord i sinnet - Still She Cries - The Darkness of Light	1		1	4.50	4.50
Mord i Sinnet - Justice Painted Blind	1		1	4.50	4.50
Crack Down, Clean Break, Blue Genes	2
Crack Down / Star Struck	4
Mortifications (ROBERTSON)	1
Skyggespill	1
The Long Black Veil	2
A Darker Domain: A Novel [Hardcover]	1
Moment van afscheid	2
Vzdálená ozvěna	1
A Darker Domain Publisher: Harper	1
My Granny Is a Pirate	2
Blue Genes	1
Tödliche Affäre. CD	1	1
Mission Mini	3
Dead beat; Kick back; Crack down	5
BLUE GENES AND CLEAN BREAK.	4
Writing on the Wall and Other Stories	2
Four Calling Birds	1
Wen es trifft / Wer den Wagen ins Rollen bringt. CD	1
The Consolation Blonde	1

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