Val McDermid: Final Edition (UK 2026)

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From the no.1 bestseller Val McDermid: journalist Lindsay Gordon becomes embroiled in a world of secrets, lies and blackmail in this gripping thriller

When Alison Maxwell, a well-known Glaswegian journalist, is found murdered, the police look no further than the owner of the scarf use to strangle her, Alison's former lover, Jackie

Fellow journalist Lindsay Gordon doesn't believe that Jackie is capable of murder and digs into Alison's life to find the true culprit.

She soon discovers that Alison secretly kept records of her affairs. Suddenly the list of suspects is a mile long. Jackie's trial has already begun, and Lindsay is running out of time - can she find Alison's killer before it's too late?

Praise for Val McDermid
'McDermid remains unrivalled... Brilliant' -- Observer
'Val McDermid is a born storyteller... absorbing reading' -- Sunday Telegraph
'A classic... McDermid pulls out all the stops. Impeccable' -- Guardian

Val McDermid: Final Edition. Lindsay Gordon Crime Series, Book 3. Hemlock Press / HarperCollins, ISBN 9780008757977 (April, 2026), 336 p., £9.99.

Val McDermid: Final Edition & Union Jack (USA 2018)

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Final Edition
Lindsay Gordon finds herself dragged into a sordid world of blackmail, prostitution, lies and murder when she investigates the case of a former colleague jailed for killing a notorious Glaswegian journalist.

When Alison Maxwell, a well-known Glaswegian journalist with an irresistible sexual attraction to both sexes, is found murdered the police look no further than the owner of the scarf used to strangle her. Lindsay Gordon, however, has other ideas. Maxwell was a serial seductress who kept a secret record of her encounters including one with Lindsay herself. Recalling the threats that followed the end of the relationship, Lindsay knows all too well the feelings of rage, fear and passion that Alison Maxwell could invoke.

Soon Lindsay is embroiled in an investigation involving blackmail,stolen government documents and the vested interests of a group of people determined to keep her from finding the truth.

Union Jack
When union leader Tom Jack falls to his death from her bedroom window after a spectacularly public row with Lindsay, it seems the only way to prove her innocence is to find the real culprit.

Leaving her new home in California for a trade union conference in Sheffield, Lindsay Gordon finds herself in the company of old friends and enemies, including Tom Jack. When this unethical union leader is found dead, having catapulted out of Lindsay's tenth-floor hotel room, she is taken in for questioning by the police.

Hoping to clear her name by finding the real killer, Lindsay searches among hundreds of unruly union delegates for a murderer who may have struck once before. Along the way she uncovers a seething cauldron of blackmail, corruption and abuse of power, all brought to the boil by her investigation.

Val McDermid: Final Edition & Union Jack. Lindsay Gordon Mysteries #3 and #4. Grove Paperback, ISBN 9780802127778 (March, 2018), 480 p., $17.00, eBook $10.49.

Val McDermid: Deadline for Murder (USA 2005)

From the Publisher:
Lindsay Gordon, Scottish journalist and amateur sleuth, was the first creation of international bestseller Val McDermid. Report for Murder introduced the United Kingdom's first lesbian detective, and the series has been perennially popular ever since. Lindsay is tenacious to the point of stubbornness, intrepid to the point of stupidity, and loyal to the point of laying her life on the line. With the support of friends, family, and lovers, she takes on the world with wit and brio, unraveling criminal conspiracies and unmasking murderers. She's feisty, feminist, and funny.

Val McDermid: Deadline for Murder. A Lindsay Gordon Mystery. Bywater Books, ISBN 193285908X (September, 2005), 242 p., $12.95.

V.L. McDermid: Final Edition (UK 2004)

From the Publisher:
Lindsay Gordon finds herself dragged into a sordid world of blackmail, prostitution, lies and murder when she investigates the case of a former colleague jailed for killing a notorious Glaswegian journalist. Third in the popular mystery series.

When Alison Maxwell, a well-known Glaswegian journalist with an irresistible sexual attraction to both sexes, is found murdered the police look no further than the owner of the scarf used to strangle her. Lindsay Gordon, however, has other ideas. Maxwell was a serial seductress who kept a secret record of her encounters -- including one with Lindsay herself. Recalling the threats that followed the end of the relationship, Lindsay knows all too well the feelings of rage, fear and passion that Alison Maxwell could invoke.

Soon Lindsay is embroiled in an investigation involving blackmail,stolen government documents and the vested interests of a group of people determined to keep her from finding the truth.

V. L. McDermid: Final Edition. A Lindsay Gordon Mystery. HarperCollins, ISBN: 9780007191765 (December, 2004), 309 p., £7.99.

Val McDermid: Final Edition (UK 2002)

From the Publisher:
When Lindsay Gordon returns to Glasgow to make up with her lover, she has some surprises in store. She has partnered up with someone else, her friend Alison has been murdered, and her former colleague, Jackie, has been jailed for the crime.

Val McDermid: Final Edition. The Women's Press, ISBN: 9780704345935 (February, 2002), 212 p., £?.??.

Val McDermid: Deadline for Murder (USA 1997)

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A colleague and ex-lover is dead. Murdered. A colleague and friend has been tried, convicted, and imprisoned for this murder. An estranged lover is romantically enmeshed with the lover of the convicted murderer. These are the not-so-pleasant surprises awaiting Lindsay Gordon on her return from her self-imposed exile following the messy aftermath of her last investigation. Lindsay's "finely honed sense of justice" demands she investigate the murder and clear her friend's name. Her efforts are muddied by the fact that Alison Maxwell, the murdered woman, inspired violence in a long list of credible suspects. As Lindsay plunges deeper and deeper into the tangled web of lies, secrets, and intrigue surrounding the victim's colorful and unethical life, she uncovers blackmail, prostitution, betrayal of trust, the theft of classified Scottish Office papers-and a shocking resolution! Lindsay Gordon-loyal friend, dedicated journalist, reluctant sleuth, strong woman with keen intelligence, indefatigable energy, generous nature-is at it again!

"If you haven't discovered this award-winning trailblazer in lesbian detective fiction, you're missing out on a good one. Val McDermid's in top form in this atmospberic tale filled with twists and deceptions and surprises galore." -- Katherine V. Forrest, author of the Lambda Award-winning Kate Delafield mystery series

"Deadline for Murder is a breath of air from the Scottish highlands clear, clean, bonest and invigorating. A single-malt Scots pleasure, Lindsay Gordon will only get better as she ages." -- Laurie R. King, author of the Edgar Award-winning A Grave Talent

Val McDermid: Deadline for Murder. Spinsters Ink, ISBN 1883523176 (April, 1997), 242 p., $10.95.

Val McDermid: Open and Shut (USA 1991)

From the Publisher:
When Lindsay Gordon, the lesbian reporter- turned-sleuth introduced in Val McDermid's Report for Murder, comes home to Scotland after a few months of self-imposed exile in Italy, she can hardly believe what she has missed. This time her mission is not simply to cover a murder for the press but to uncover the real story behind the rumors and speculations that lurk much closer to home.

The victim, Alison Maxwell, a fellow reporter who was infamous in their circle for promiscu- ity with both men and women, was found in her bedroom, strangled by her own scarf, in circumstances that suggest a jealous lover who went too far. Jackie Mitchell, friend of Lindsay and former lover of Alison, has already been convicted of the crime based on circumstantial evidence, and Lindsay is determined to overturn the verdict.

Although the prosecution contended that only Jackie could have been present at the time of Alison's death, Lindsay discovers that any of a number of people could actually have entered the flat -- and that many of these people could have had reasons to kill. And suddenly Lindsay is surrounded by friends of Alison's eager to help-from Claire Oglivie, the savvy lawyer whose relationship with Jackie was interrupted by Jackie's arrest, to the celebrated novelist Cordelia Brown, Claire's new lover and Lindsay's former lover and partner in crimesolving.

Val McDermid: Open and Shut. St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0312054874 (April, 1991), 212 p., $16.95.