Val McDermid's Story

I saw the dead Queen walk

Val McDermid, 2023

Handwritten and signed by the author. 
Ink on 150gsm, A5 handmade paper, ethically sourced. 
1/2" flat oak frame in antique black, with conservation mount and non-reflective art glass. Framed by Green and Stone of Chelsea.   

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

One of the UK’s most accomplished and respected novelists, Val McDermid has sold over 19 million books to date across the globe and is translated into more than 40 languages. Her multi-award winning series and standalone novels have been adapted for TV and radio, most notably the Wire in the Blood series featuring clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill and DCI Carol Jordan. The first series of the ITV adaptation of the Karen Pirie series, featuring a Scottish cold case detective, aired in 2022. Val’s latest series, featuring young journalist Allie Burns, began with 1979, the first in a quintet, and will follow Allie’s life and experiences at ten year intervals. The second in the series, 1989 was published in paperback in February 2023. Val returns to Karen Pirie with her 2023 hardback, Past Lying, which will be published in October 2023.             

Author photo by Charlotte Graham.