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Crime writer

Val McDermid is a renowned British crime writer, known for her suspense and thriller novels. Born on June 4, 1955, she has been publishing works since 1987, gaining recognition for her contributions to the genre.

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“It wasn't enough but it was a start. It might keep him going...”

Hope Hopeful Keep Going Positive Affirmation Make A Change Not Enough Hope Quote Positive Self Talk Keeping Going Make A Start

Book:Insidious Intent

Source: Insidious Intent

“Cat's passion for atmospheric architecture was only just second to her passion for Henry.”

Humor Jane Austen Inspired

Book:Northanger abbey

Source: Northanger abbey

“Everybody seemed to like Skype except him, Tony thought, closing his office door then settling in front of his screen. His dislike was both personal and professional. Everybody looked weird on Skype. Everyone, frankly, looked like a potential patient. There was something very unsettling about that fish-eyed stare. Even people he liked looked deranged. From a professional perspective, the trouble was you could never see enough of the person you were in conversation with to gauge their body language. They might be giving off all sort of signals you’d be aware of in what his boss had taken to calling “F2F encounters,” but the Skype interface could hide a multitude of clues.”

Communication Body Language Skype Modern Communication

Author:Val McDermid

“What it had done, however, was to give him a feeling of power and control that had taken him back to how he used to feel every day.”

Power Revenge Control Patriarchy Empowered Violent Death Misogynist Controlling People Emasculation

Book:Insidious Intent

Source: Insidious Intent

“Admittedly, they [(places in novels)] didn't all have such ridiculous names as the ones in the Piddle Valley where her father's group of parishes was centered. It would have been hard to make credible a romantic fiction set in Farleigh Piddle, Middle Piddle, Nether Piddle and Piddle Dummer.”

Small Towns

Book:Northanger abbey

Source: Northanger abbey

“That what I have is not women's intuition but a finely honed copper's instinct for when things aren't right.”

Feminism Police Officer Women S Intuition

Author:Val McDermid

“To come up against someone who appeared not to give a damn about exerting petty power almost restored his faith in the public.”

Officials Petty Faith In Humanity Petty People Power Games Officialdom

Book:Insidious Intent

Source: Insidious Intent

“Tell you what, just to prove I'm not, I'll let you top tonight. You'll be in charge. I'll be the one with handcuffs on.' Carry on like this and you won't be wrong, Merrick thought to himself.”

Merrick

Book:The Mermaids Singing

Source: The Mermaids Singing

“′You're a very unusual man, Mark,′ she'd said. ′That's nice of you to say so,′ he said. You have no idea.”

Deception Predator Serial Killer Dangerous People Unusual People

Book:Insidious Intent

Source: Insidious Intent

“Her fight with alcohol had made for contentious exchanges and, if that were possible, even more contentious silences. Tony, empathetic to the point of self-harming, felt the pain of her abstinence as powerfully as anything he'd ever endured personally.”

Self Harm Empathetic Empath Addiction Recovery Empathy For Others Recovering Alcoholism Alcholism

Book:Insidious Intent

Source: Insidious Intent

“Not even a hand-stitched suit could hide a body gone ruinously to seed. I was tempted to offer some fashion advice, but I didn't think he'd welcome the news that this year, bellies are being worn inside the trousers.”

Thinking Years Body Hands Gone Advice Fashion Offers News Appearance Seeds Welcome Suits Worn Belly Tempted Trousers

Book:Clean Break (PI Kate Brannigan, Book 4)

Source: Clean Break (PI Kate Brannigan, Book 4)

“No woman is a heroine to her dentist.”

Heroines Dentist

Author:Val McDermid

“A society gets the criminals it deserves.”

Deserve Criminals

Author:Val McDermid

“That was the trouble with moving houses; no matter how carefully you packed the books, they never ended up on the new shelves in quite the right place.”

Book Matter Moving House Trouble Shelves Right Place

Author:Val McDermid

“Time for the likeliest story since Mary told Joseph it was God’s.”

Stories Mary

Author:Val McDermid

“He frowned as he struggled to remember. It was like watching an elephant crochet.”

Remember Elephants

Book:Kick Back (PI Kate Brannigan, Book 2)

Source: Kick Back (PI Kate Brannigan, Book 2)

“When all else fails, go for the ego.”

Failing Ego When All Else Fails

Book:Crack Down

Source: Crack Down

“Steve Mosby has become one of a handful of writers who make me excited about crime fiction.”

Fiction Crime Excited Handful Crime Fiction

Author:Val McDermid

“It's not magic that takes us to another world - it's storytelling.”

World Magic Storytelling Another World

Author:Val McDermid

About the Author

Born: June 4, 1955
Known for: Crime writer
Quotes: 19

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