All 8 Karen Pirie Novels Books In Order at Book DNA

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The Distant Echo

The first novel in the bestselling Karen Pirie series

The award-winning Number One bestseller and Queen of crime fiction Val McDermid carves out a stunning psychological thriller. The past is behind them, but what's still to come will tear them apart...

From the creators of Line of Duty and Bodyguard,…

Lin's list on the best books of tartan noir and bloody scotland

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A Darker Domain

The second riveting crime novel in the Karen Pirie series, from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Val McDermid.

'A superb mystery' The Times

From the creators of Line of Duty and Bodyguard, KAREN PIRIE is now on ITV, starring Lauren Lyle (Outlander)

Twenty-five years ago, a woman and her baby son…

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The Skeleton Road

Don't miss the series that inspired the major ITV drama, Karen Pirie, starring Lauren Lyle - The Skeleton Road is the third Karen Pirie thriller

Read Val McDermid's masterful new novel, 1989, now and pre-order the eagerly awaited New Karen Pirie Thriller, publishing October 2023
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'Gripping, thought-provoking and original…

4
Out of Bounds

Don't miss the series that inspired the major ITV drama, Karen Pirie, starring Lauren Lyle - Out of Bounds is the fourth Karen Pirie thriller

Read Val McDermid's masterful new novel, 1989, now and pre-order the eagerly awaited New Karen Pirie Thriller, publishing October 2023

'It grabs the reader by…

5
Broken Ground

Number one bestseller and queen of crime Val McDermid returns with her most breathtakingly atmospheric and exhilarating novel yet

'Somebody has been here before us. And he's still here . . .'

When a body is discovered in the remote depths of the Highlands, DCI Karen Pirie finds herself in…

6
Still Life

From internationally bestselling author Val McDermid comes a propulsive new Karen Pirie thriller that delves into a historic missing persons case, fake identities, and art forgery.

Val McDermid is the award-winning, international bestselling author of more than thirty novels and has been hailed as Britain’s Queen of Crime. In Still…

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Past Lying

KAREN PIRIE RETURNS IN 2023. A MASTERFUL THRILLER BY THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER VAL MCDERMID

PRE-ORDER THIS HEART-POUNDING NEW NOVEL IN THE KAREN PIRIE SERIES, NOW A MAJOR ITV SERIES STARRING LAUREN LYLE
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Edinburgh, haunted by the ghosts of its many writers, is also the cold case beat…

8
Silent Bones

THE POWERFUL NEW THRILLER IN THE KAREN PIRIE SERIES, NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES
'Beautifully structured, witty and twisty' ANN CLEEVES
'A perfect crime novel' KATE MOSSE
'Powerful, moving and wise' HARLAN COBEN
'Full of humour, heart and trademark twists' CHRIS WHITAKER

The truth is buried just beneath the surface…

8 Karen Pirie Novels books in order

1 The Distant Echo

Lin's list on the best books of tartan noir and bloody scotland

2 A Darker Domain

3 The Skeleton Road

4 Out of Bounds

5 Broken Ground

6 Still Life

7 Past Lying

8 Silent Bones