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Out of Bounds

By Val McDermid
Out of Bounds by Val McDermid digital book - Fable

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Forensic evidence leads to places a Scottish cop never expected in “a thriller as steely and superlative as its heroine” (O, The Oprah Magazine).

When a teenage joyrider crashes a stolen car and ends up in a coma, a routine DNA test reveals a connection to an unsolved murder from twenty-two years before. Finding the answer to the cold case should be straightforward. But it’s as twisted as the DNA helix itself.

Meanwhile, Inspector Karen Pirie finds herself irresistibly drawn to another mystery that she has no business investigating, a mystery that has its roots in a terrorist bombing two decades ago. And again, she finds that nothing is as it seems.

From a Diamond Dagger Award-winning author, Out of Bounds is a riveting cold case novel starring detective Karen Pirie, who’s been described by the Associated Press as “a formidable character worthy of her own series.”

“I would like to see a great deal more of DCI Pirie.” —Irish Times

86 Reviews

3.5
“Recommend listening to audiobook, as the narrator is terrific. Best of the series so far, as it managed to have more than one plausible killer and did keep me guessing. It also juggled multiple mysteries and didn’t get bogged down in a political storyline like in the last book. Wish the author didn’t keep having the main character skirt rules in order to solve cases, though, regardless of how awful her (male) superiors are. And it’s starting to sound like she’s attempting a “glowup” for Karen, which feels forced and sexist. In an earlier book, she found unexpected love just the way she was, bad haircut, dumpy body and all—now you can’t keep from repeatedly mentioning how her grief is helping her shed a few pounds? No, just stop!”

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