Star Struck - Val McDermid

A gripping Kate Brannigan thriller, from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Val McDermid. 'Val McDermid remains unrivalled' Observer Manchester PI Kate Brannigan finds herself with no choice but to take the only case on offer: bodyguarding a paranoid soap star. But the glitzy world of showbusiness has a darker side. And as Kate scratches the surface, she uncovers dramas, threats and bitter rivalries. And when a self-styled 'Seer to the Stars' is murdered, Kate is left with more questions than answers.

Val McDermid is a No.1 bestseller whose novels have been translated into more than thirty languages, and have sold more than sixteen million copies. She has won many awards internationally, including the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year. She was inducted into the ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards Hall of Fame in 2009, was the recipient of the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2010. Val writes full time and lives in Edinburgh and the East Neuk of Fife.

'Stunningly exciting, horrifyingly good'
Ruth Rendell

'This book has a sense of gravitas and intelligence utterly beyond lesser writers in the field'
Ian Rankin

'Terrific chiller from Manchester's answer to Thomas Harris'
Guardian

'A clever and exciting thriller'
Sunday Telegraph

'A compelling combination of sexual-political mischief and Jacobean psychological intensity'
Sunday Times (of The Wire in the Blood)

Praise for Val McDermid:

'No one rivals Val McDermid's skill at writing truly terrifying thrillers' Good Housekeeping

'The real mistress of psychological gripping thrillers' Daily Express

'McDermid's capacity to enter the warped mind of a deviant criminal is shiveringly convincing' The Times

'Val McDermid is undoubtedly the queen of British crime' Observer

'McDermid's expertly juggled plotlines and masterful handling of pace and tension tick all the best boxes' Guardian

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

'One of today's most accomplished crime writers' Literary Review

'Her writing is never less than excellent' Crime Time