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    Val McDermid 
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     Lindsay Gordon, a
      lesbian journalist and socialist, in Glasgow, Scotland: | 
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    Report
          for Murder (1987) 
      Common
          Murder (1989) 
      Final
        Edition (1991)   
        APA: Open and Shut (1991) 
        APA: Deadline
      for Murder (1997)        | 
    Union
      Jack (1993) 
    APA: Conferences
    Are Murder (1999) 
      Booked
          for Murder (1996) 
      Hostage
          to Murder (2004)  | 
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    Kate Brannigan, private eye in Manchester,
      England: | 
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    Dead
          Beat (1992) 
        Kick
            Back (1993)  
      Crack
          Down (1994) 
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    Clean
          Break (1995) 
        Blue
            Genes (1996) 
      Star
          Struck (1998)  | 
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    Dr. Tony Hill, a forensic psychologist
      and criminal profiler, and Carol Jordan, a Detective Chief Inspector, based
      in fictional Bradfield, in northern England: | 
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    The
          Mermaids Singing (1995) 
           
      The
          Wire in the Blood (1997) 
      The
          Last Temptation (2002) 
      The
          Torment of Others (2004) 
           
      Beneath
          the Bleeding (2007) 
      Fever
      of the Bone (2009) 
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    The
      Retribution (2011) 
      Cross and Burn (2013) 
      Splinter the Silence (2015) 
      Insidious Intent (2017) 
      How the Dead Speak (2019)  | 
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    Detective Inspector Karen Pirie, head of the Cold Case squad in Fife, Scotland: | 
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    The
          Distant Echo1 (2003) 
           
      A
        Darker Domain (2008)  
      The Skeleton Road (2014) 
      Out of Bounds (2016)  | 
    Broken Ground (2018) 
      Still Life (2020) 
      Past Lying (2023) 
         
      Silent Bones (due December 2, 2025)  | 
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    Allie Burns, a reporter at the Daily Clarion, starting in 1979 Glasgow, Scotland: | 
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    1979 (2021)   | 
    1989 (2022)  | 
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    The Writing on the Wall and
        Other Stories (1997) [SS] 
      A
          Place of Execution (2000) 
            
       Killing
          the Shadows (2001) 
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    Stranded (2005)
      [SS] 
      The
          Grave Tattoo (2006) 
      A
          Darker Domain (2008)  
      Trick
          of the Dark (2011) 
      Northanger Abbey (2014)  | 
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    A
          Suitable Job for a Woman: The World of Female Private Investigators (1994) 
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    Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime (2015) 
         
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