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Hostage to Murder, the long-awaited sixth Lindsay Gordon mystery, is a lightning-paced story spliced with crackling action and an intense emotional dimension. Spraining an ankle is rarely a stroke of luck, but for Lindsay Gordon, jobless in Glasgow, the injury is her introduction to young freelance journalist Rory McLaren and the opening of a new chapter in her life. Rory's invitation to work alongside her in her booth at the Cafe Virginia is irresistible. From there it is just a short step to political corruption and other juicy stories - all welcome distractions from Lindsay's problems at home, where her long-term lover Sophie has decided to heed the ticking of her biological clock and get pregnant. But when a local car-dealer's stepson is kidnapped, Lindsay and Rory are invited to trade journalism for detection. The trail leads them to St Petersburg and a dangerous snatch-back operation. It's a journey that brings a whole new dimension of risk into Lindsay's life. Back in Glasgow, it becomes clear that Lindsay and Rory have stumbled into a bigger, more violent piece of business than either of them could have guessed - and one which will test Lindsay to her absolute limits. No library descriptions found. |
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Sorry to say that so far this is the last one of the series.
Starts interesting.
Urks, well, as a men I have real trouble understanding the need for a child.
And I would have written a much more grittier ending, not that saccharin-solution.
One or two of the main ladies should have taken the plunge - dying during childbirth and leaving L. with the child would have
been a nice twist.
As it is, only 4 stars - 1 taken away for an ending I was fearing to expect.
And having read most other books by Val McDermid I know she does not shy away from a complicated devastating ending (Tony Hill-Series).
The series ending here is ok with me, I really do not need more childcare in a crime novel and I take back my Sorry from the beginning of this comment.
What I really liked was the - sometimes gritty - realism, the old war and the places: Russia, Ireland, Scotland, the Sea.
The year comes to an end and I am not sure I can fit in another book.
Well, it's 80 books now, a round number, 79 in ebook-format (Kindle stripped of DRM and converted to EPUB), 77 books in English, 3 in German.
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