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New Book 'Past Lying' Out Now in UK!

Past Lying: The brand-new thriller from Val McDermid.
A heart-pounding new novel in the Karen Pirie series, now a major ITV series starring Lauren Lyle

The queen of crime is still at the top of her game- The Independent

Edinburgh, haunted by the ghosts of its many writers, is also the cold case beat of DCI Karen Pirie.

So she shouldn’t be surprised when an author’s manuscript appears to be a blueprint for an actual crime.

Karen can’t ignore the plot’s chilling similarities to the unsolved case of an Edinburgh University student who vanished from her own doorstep.

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The manuscript seems to be the key to unlocking what happened to Lara Hardie, but there’s a problem: the author died before he finished it.

As Karen digs deeper, she uncovers a spiraling game of betrayal and revenge, where lies are indistinguishable from the truth and with more than one unexpected twist . . .

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14 March

Harrogate International Festivals launches McDermid Debut Award

Harrogate International Festivals has launched a new prize, the McDermid Debut Award for new writers, dedicated to crime author Val McDermid.

Organisers said: “Named in recognition of world-famous crime writer Val McDermid, who co-founded the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in and whose dedication to fostering new voices in crime fiction through the New Blood panel is legendary, this new award seeks to continue her legacy, celebrating and platforming the best debut crime writers in the UK.”

McDermid said: “Curating the New Blood panel over 20 years exposed me to an extraordinary range of crime fiction I might otherwise have missed.

I’m hoping that this new award will do the same for the army of avid readers out there looking for new talent.”

The prize is open to full-length debut crime novels by UK and Irish authors published for the first time in hardback or paperback original between 1st May and 30th April , with submissions closing on 21st March.

A shortlist of six titles, selected by an academy of established crime authors, will be announced on 13th June at the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, with the winner determined by a panel of industry experts. All shortlisted authors will receive a full weekend pass to the festival. The award will be presented at the festival’s awards event on 18th July with the winner receiving a £ cash prize.

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Chief executive of Harrogate International Festivals Sharon Canavar said: “We are delighted to announce this new award honouring Val McDermid, one of the icons of the genre, and we can’t wait to discover the stars of the future, be they writers of psychological thrillers or murder mysteries.”

Submissions are also now open for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year.

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