#Val McDermid

[donttalktomepleaseilldie]

I don’t post, but for the love of all the stars in the universe, if god makes me obsess over another silly little murder show , podcast or book which deals sensitively and tentatively with prevalent issues of grief and personal matters with the characters I will storm up to heavens gates and rattle the bars of the holy entrance until something beyond my comprehension attends to my yearning

#sherlock and co #omitb #knives out #monk 2002 #columbo #sherlock holmes #dr john watson #adrian monk #fuck it hyperfixates on murder #Tony Hill #Val McDermid

[mschocolateworld]

Jeśli się dorasta w miejscu, w którym życie jest trudne, człowiek uczy się uginać, a nie łamać.

Val McDermid - “Miejsce egzekucji”

#val mcdermid

[mthollowell-writes]

I am a mystery reader

Or, Why I Read Forensics by Val McDermid

For the past year, I’ve been inhaling mystery novels to learn about the genre. I often engage with intense genre studies when I have an interest in writing within particular story conventions. It’s always fun and I get to learn about an amazing world of books that I don’t normally pick up.

For most of 2023, it’s been mysteries. And, I can confidently say that I’m now a big mystery reader. I’m obsessed with it. I shouldn’t have been surprised. The clues have been there since the beginning.

I’ve always loved stories with mystery elements to them. I wrote a thesis comparing and contrasting TV/movie adaptations of Sherlock Holmes and the original short stories. Most of the podcasts that I enjoy are true crime because I love learning the details of specific cases, and how certain clues or slips led to the apprehension of the perpetrator. But it wasn’t until 2023 that I would’ve classify myself as a “mystery reader.” I can be really thick-headed, if you couldn’t tell.

Horror reader, sure. Detective enthusiast, you betcha! True crime addict, guilty.

There are so many things that makes a mystery, a mystery. They include, but are not limited to:

Your killer and their motives

Your detective and their unique skill set that makes them best suited (or most motivated) to find said killer

The clues, the false leads, and the red herrings

And most importantly, that the killer is caught: unmasked by the detective. If it doesn’t have this particular element, it’s not a true mystery. (Not to discount genre blends which I adore and champion).

Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA, and More Tell Us About Crime by Val McDermid goes into the more technical aspects of solving a crime. There’s an umbrella of fields under forensics from DNA to facial reconstruction to forensic psychology to entomology. All these discipline work to make the sequence of events and the truth of the crime clearer in the context of the courtroom.

I picked up this book because I wanted to learn more about all these disciplines. Its filled with countless case studies throughout the centuries, tracking the development of new techniques and their limitations. Val McDermid, who is a veteran of the genre (I’ve read the whole of her Allie Burns series this year and intend to read more), explains all this in a very approachable way with interviews from professionals in every field she covers.

This is a must read for everyone who wants a comprehensive introduction to forensics for either bulking up their knowledge for their own mystery or they just genuinely find the science fascinating (Hello! I am both).

#mt reads #forensics #val mcdermid #book talk #mystery writing #mystery

[madmonkeysandrum-blog]

Loving the idea of book battles and I happened to come across these two recently so Battle of the Lady MacBeths it is. First out is Val McDermids "Queen Macbeth" (my first Val McDermid I think) and then we have Isabelle Schulers "Lady MacBethad" (now published under the name "Queen Hereafter")

#Books #Book battle #Val McDermid #Isabelle Schulers #Lady Macbeth

[notatypicalhumanatall]

GUYS LOOK AT ALL THE BOOKS I GOT ON SALE TODAY AAAAAAAH

Plus a freebie:

#NAH IM SO EXCITED LESSGOOOO #i apologize for the cam quality its an old phone okay gimme a break #also the images are like. not arranged in like a moodboard format im sorry i am on mobile editing posts sucks #bookblr #lord of the rings #the girl with the dragon tattoo #the thursday murder club #big little lies #luckiest girl alive #val mcdermid #the silent wife #agatha christie #a midsummer night's dream #<- my fave shakespere play #the giver #drystan.txt #drystan.jpeg

[the-final-sentence]

'Let us hope this will be the final murder at the vicarage.'

Val McDermid, from “The Second Murder at the Vicarage”

#Val McDermid #The Second Murder at the Vicarage

[library-love-affair]

“Most molecules in a can of gasoline will evaporate at room temperature (which is why you can smell it), but manufacturers put additives in their gas which do not evaporate. The additives make car engines run more efficiently, and can survive very high temperatures. Hey are also quite specific to different brands. Additives are extremely stable and can stay on clothes until they are washed out with detergent.”

-Val McDermid (Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime)

#book quotes #val mcdermid #forensics #bookblr #books and literature #book blog #booklr #bookish #bookaholic #bookworm #booknerd #books #dark academia

[signal-failure]

Marple: Twelve New Mysteries

Marple: Twelve New Mysteries

Marple: Twelve New Mysteries is a new collection of short mysteries starring the classic Miss Marple, all written by different modern suspense writers.  Naomi Alderman, Leigh Bardugo, Alyssa Cole, Lucy Foley, Elly Griffiths, Natalie Haynes, Jean Kwok, Val McDermid, Karen M. McManus, Dreda Say Mitchell, Kate Mosse, Ruth Ware. I was so excited to read this as soon as I heard about it because this…

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#Agatha Christie #Alyssa Cole #Dreda Say Mitchell #Elly Griffiths #Jean Kwok #Karen M. McManus #Kate Mosse #Leigh Bardugo #Lucy Foley #Naomi Alderman #Natalie Haynes #Ruth Ware #Val McDermid

[kitchen-light]

We live in an age of shape-shifting and transformation, constantly wrong-footed by the disjuncture of appearance and reality [...] Quite often, ancient magic feels as useful a clue to our lives as behavioural science.

Val McDermid, in her introduction to Robin Robertson’s “Grimoire | New Scottish Folk Tales”, Picador, 2020

#val mcdermid #quotes #essays #words #found* #magic #mythology

[blogmillymills]

Karen Pirie. ITV.

Lauren Lyle stars as Karen Pirie in ITV cold case murder drama, based on acclaimed author Val McDermid’s The Distant Echo and adapted by Emer Kenny. When teenager Rosie Duff (Anna Russell-Martin, Casualty) was found brutally murdered in the Scottish university town of St Andrews in 1996, suspicion fell on the three drunken students who were discovered at the scene of the crime, claiming to have…

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#Karen Pirie #Val Mcdermid

[105nt]

Started watching Karen Pirie, adapted by ITV from The Distant Echo by Val McDermid. I haven’t read the books but very impressed by episode one and there’s six books in total, I think. 

(OK, after IBH everything is still Not Strike Enough but a person has to watch and read something while waiting.)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11725900/

#my watching #karen pirie #tv drama #val mcdermid

[1esbrarian]

Many thoughts on Kate Brannigan and Della Prentice in Blue Genes.. 👀

#when Della was injured and stayed with Kate #that bit about Kate letting Della break her house rules and smoke in her bed #hello ? #kate brannigan #della prentice #val mcdermid #e

[donttalktomepleaseilldie]

someone please talk to me about wire in the blood. The Dr Tony Hill series by Val McDermid. I need *some* form of fandom for this, please

#Dr Tony Hill #Val McDermid #val mcdermid #Murder fiction #Murder mystery #seriously this character I am obsessed with

[briefbookreviewsuk]

Brief Book Review - Past Lying by Val McDermid

A Brief Book Review of Past Lying by Val McDermid. Published by Sphere and released as a hardback edition in the United Kingdom on 12th October 2023 ( paperback version released on 1st February 2024) this features another adventure for Edinburgh based detective DCI Karen Pirie .

The story takes placed during the UK wide lockdown in 2020 with Karen and her Historical Cases Team working form home and doing their best to work under pandemic restrictions.

Karen's team come across a draft manuscript from a famous "Tartan Noir " author which appears to mirror the events of a real life , ongoing Missing Persons case - can Karen's team solve this conundrum ?

Check out my review here :

#books #books and literature #books and reading #booksbooksbooks #book recommendations #currently reading #brief book reviews #new books #book review #karen pirie #val mcdermid #tartan noir #Youtube

[saintkevorkian]

--Maybe her boyfriend. --That's impossible. She is ... I don't know the word. Homosexualle Frau. Lesbish.

1989, Val McDermid

#val mcdermid #1989 #lol. she nearly said bum fodder

[thefollyflaneuse]

The 'Hermit's Castle', Achmelvich, Sutherland

On a rocky stretch of shore at Achmelvich, in the remote Assynt district on the west coast of Scotland, is a little concrete structure. Built in the early 1950s, it is known today as the Hermit’s Castle and the tale is told that having erected a shelter in the form of miniature fortress, the builder spent only one night under its roof. Continue reading Untitled

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#Achmelvich #Assynt #historic environment scotland #North Coast 500 #Val McDermid