Insidious Intent
Val McDermid
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Summary
The last Hill/Jordan novel, Splinter the Silence, was selected as a Boston Globe and Guardian Best Book of the Year; it earned glowing reviews from People, Minneapolis Star Tribune, NYTBR, Mystery Scene, and others. McDermid’s books have sold 12 million copies worldwide, and US sales have been steadily improving. Out of Bounds was an Indie Next Pick and a Boston Globe Best Book of 2016/Mystery. The UK paperback edition (Sphere, January 2017) of Out of Bounds debuted in the #1 spot on the UK Official Top 50 bestseller list according to The Bookseller (link). McDermid’s Forensics won the 2016 Anthony Award for Best Critical or Non-Fiction Work, and was nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime and the Macavity Award for Best Critical/Biographical. It was also selected as an Amazon Best Book of the Month and an Amazon Best Science Book of the Year, and it was featured on NPR Weekend Edition. Forensics has netted nearly 24k copies, and is exposing McDermid to a new audience. Insidious Intent marks the return of McDermid’s most popular creations, detective Carol Jordan and psychological profiler Tony Hill, from the international bestsellers that made her a star, The Mermaids Singing and The Wire in the Blood. The Wire in the Blood UK TV series (based on the Tony/Carol books) has been bought for US adaptation by Endemol Studios/Mandeville Films/ABC Studios for ABC Television. McDermid is a charismatic promoter of her work: extremely connected in the mystery/thriller community and a strong social media presence (40.5k Twitter followers). Awards include: Crime Writers’ Association Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for outstanding lifetime achievement in the field of crime writing; Theakston’s Old Peculier Award for outstanding contribution to fiction; Pioneer Award from the Lambda Literary Awards; Los Angeles Times Book of the Year Award; CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel.