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Out of Bounds (Inspector Karen Pirie, #4)
Out of Bounds (Inspector Karen Pirie, #4) | Val McDermid
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Jerdencon
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This was a great mystery - loved the main character so much I‘ve requested the first book in the series. Happy to have found a new series to get into thanks to @kspenmoll and #auldlangspine

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Jerdencon
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Of course all my library holds for #auldlangspine came in at the same time. In the middle of both of these and enjoying both of them. @kspenmoll @monalyisha

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TrishB
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#serieslove2023
Another great detective solving mystery! With another great, sassy female detective.
4/7 in this series.

TheSpineView Fantastic! 11mo
KathyWheeler I loved her Tony Hill books, but I‘ve never read any of the Karen Purie ones. I‘ll have to check them out. 11mo
TrishB @KathyWheeler they‘re not as gruesome as the Tony Hill ones, but if you like those I think you‘ll like these 👍🏻 11mo
KathyWheeler @TrishB Good to know. The Tony Hill books could get a little gruesome at times. 11mo
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kspenmoll
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Karen Pirie Book #4 #serieslove2023
A car crash victim is linked to a cold case that Karen is pursuing. Another case,out of Karen‘s purview,intrigues her whose roots are in a 20 yr old terrorist bombing. So she pursues that case as well. She is a complex character.Along with these cases to contend with, Karen is grieving the violent death of her partner& love.she tries to assuage her grief with late night city walks.Highly recommend this series.

TheSpineView Excellent! 1y
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kspenmoll
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#bookreport
Continuing with the top two books #sundaybuddyread #nunlit
Continuing to listen to Out of Bounds; Finished Angel of Death last night.

Cinfhen 🙌🏻🤩 1y
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kspenmoll
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Going to bed soon, so this is my #20in4 #readathon results.
~Read 50 pages of Adrienne Rich to finish the biography
~Started & finished Death of a Lady
~Finished the last few chs.of The Raven Song
~Finished listening to Hidden in Snow
~Started Out of Bounds last night.

i certainly read more than 20 hours this time around!

Andrew65 Fantastic, well done 👏👏👏🙌🥳🎉🍾🥂 2y
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Enchanted_Bibliophile
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The thing I enjoy most about Val‘s books is the strong characters and their intricate relationships.
That combined with the cold case aspect of the Karen Pirie novels make them my favorite of all the series.

Tineke I've never read a fiction book by her, but she wrote a great non-fiction book about crime scene analysis and all the ways you can find the perpretator. I've tagged the book with my message (I think). I can highly recommend it. 3y
Enchanted_Bibliophile @Tineke Thanks! I'm adding it to my never ending TBR pile 😁 3y
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Last weekend I was busy taking dtr to uni so this, 4th in the Karen pirie series was an easy read. Karen is a great character, who as Head of the historic cases unit finds herself drawn into an investigation of an old murder after a car crash unearths some interesting dna, while another crime leads into battles with her bosses and some influential people. A good read.

LeahBergen Ooo, what‘s the Persephone? 😀 4y
andrew61 @LeahBergen miss buncle's book. Halfway through and loving it . 4y
LeahBergen It‘s a favourite of mine. 😊 4y
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AntoinetteBuchanan
Out of Bounds | Val McDermid
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I want Karen Pirie for my bestie

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Minervasbutler
Out of Bounds | Val McDermid
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Fourth in her DCI Karen Pirie cold case series. As in the previous installment, here we have Karen engaged in one case yet obstinately poking her nose into another, much to the rage of her superior and the bewilderment of her sidekick, the lovably dim Jason "The Mint" Murray. I still have a preference for the tangled web and bloody mayhem of Hill and Jordan but this was a very satisfactory stand-in.

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Minervasbutler
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Not a fan then Val I take it? ;)

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Tonton
Out of Bounds | Val McDermid
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Fast and entertaining; Detective Inspector Karen Pirie heads up the cold case squad. Still recovering from the death of a colleague, she walks the streets at all hours. When a current case has seems to connect with her own, she can‘t and won‘t stop investigating. Excellent for a quick pick me up!

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Peaslady
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I borrowed this from my mum as an interim quick read between book club books and really enjoyed it. It‘s an expertly written crime thriller. The main character, Karen Pirie, is likeable (which I personally find important in this genre) and realistically flawed. McDermid has a real flair for dialogue and brings her characters to life by their actions not descriptions, which moves the story along and adds depth in a very accessible way. Fun read.

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Elsuttie
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This really kept me guessing! So many twists and turns. I loved the clever use of minutiae, trivial details that provided brilliant links from one character to the next.

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dylanisreading
Out of Bounds | Val McDermid
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Yes, our circus here in the States has already made it into fiction.

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Bookworm1988
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I'd actually seen it advertised in a magazine a couple of months before I saw it on the shelves first couple of chapters had me hooked then it went slow towards the middle but then picked up again, overall good book

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rabbitprincess
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This was a great book. I liked seeing Edinburgh from a different perspective (although I did half-expect Rebus to show up in a cameo 😆). And much less creepy than McDermid's Tony Hill / Carol Jordan series.

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rabbitprincess
Out of Bounds | Val McDermid

This is the second mystery I've read this month that has made references to the British Air Accidents Investigations Branch (the other was Talking to the Dead, by Harry Bingham). Accident investigation is fascinating to me, so I enjoy the literary shout-outs 🤓

Dragon My uncle lived next door to an airplane crash investigator. He would travel around Canada investigating crashes. I hadn't thought about that particular profession before that. 8y
rabbitprincess @Dragon It would be an interesting job, and I imagine rewarding, too, because it's all about finding out what happened and trying to prevent future accidents. 8y
Dragon Very true. I think he had an engineering degree. 8y
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Betty
Out of Bounds | Val McDermid
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My Netgalley queue is Out of Bounds, so my #bookishresolutions are to finish AND review the #Netgalley titles. #readjanuary

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Genrebending
Out of Bounds | Val McDermid
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Mystery binge this month

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