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Val McDermid grew up in a Scottish mining community then read English at Oxford. She was a journalist for sixteen years, spending the last three years as Northern Bureau Chief of a national Sunday tabloid. Now a full–time writer, she divides her time between Cheshire and Northumberland.

Essays
James Grippando
The History of Jack Swyteck
A Complete Timeline of Major Events Leading up to Last Call
The Pardon
Jack Swyteck is a young lawyer defending death row inmates while leading a personal life that could fill Cupid's Guide to Love and War (Idiot's Edition). Things don't always go smoothly for Jack and Cindy Paige, but Jack knows she is the one for him—and so does a sadistic psychopath.
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