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Original Title:	The Distant Echo
ISBN:	0312994834 (ISBN13: 9780312994839)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Inspector Karen Pirie #1
Setting:	Scotland
Literary Awards:	Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel (2004), Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Nominee (2005)

The Distant Echo (Inspector Karen Pirie #1) Paperback | Pages: 496 pages

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Title	:	The Distant Echo (Inspector Karen Pirie #1)
Author	:	Val McDermid
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 496 pages
Published	:	October 17th 2004 by St. Martin's Paperbacks (first published January 1st 2003)
Categories	:	Mystery. Crime. Fiction. Thriller. Cultural. Scotland

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It was a winter morning in 1978, that the body of a young barmaid was discovered in the snow banks of a Scottish cemetery. The only suspects in her brutal murder were the four young men who found her: Alex Gilbey and his three best friends. With no evidence but her blood on their hands, no one was ever charged.

Twenty five years later, the Cold Case file on Rosie Duff has been reopened. For Alex and his friends, the investigation has also opened old wounds, haunting memories-and new fears. For a stranger has emerged from the shadows with his own ideas about justice. And revenge.

When two of Alex's friends die under suspicious circumstances, Alex knows that he and his innocent family are the next targets. And there's only way to save them: return to the cold-blooded past and uncover the startling truth about the murder. For there lies the identity of an avenging killer...

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4.5* rounded down.-- mild spoilers ahead! --Wow. I really needed reading this one.First things first, I grade McDermid against herself and against other crime writers I like a lot. If I graded her against the average romance (m/m or else), I'd need dozens of stars to find a just balance.There's thick plot, an era and a place portrayed so perfectly as to put you right there, and I never guessed at the murderer, even though the red herring was more than just that. But then, I rarely ever guess

Four drunk young men nicknamed Gilly, Ziggy, Weird, and Mondo stumble across a body in the snow at 4 a.m. The police investigate, believing that one or more of the men committed the murder, but the case goes cold. The community, especially the victims brothers, has always believed these men were guilty. 25 years later, a cold case review begins and the truth is finally revealed.As is typical of Val McDermids books, the pace is slow and steady. That allows for strong characterization. The four

For a book that I'm assuming is meant to introduce a new detective protagonist (hence the "Introducing Karen Pirie" on the cover), The Distant Echo sure doesn't make her shine. That's because she isn't the heroine of the story, no. That honour arguably goes to the four dudes who discovered the body and were more or less believed to have gotten away with murder -- even though the police didn't find enough proof that they did it. Fast forward twenty five years and suddenly, two of them are

"He always liked the cemetery at dawn. Not because daybreak offered any promise of a fresh beginning, but because it was too early for there to be anyone else around. Even in the dead of winter, when the pale light was so late in coming, he could guarantee solitude. No prying eyes to wonder who he was and why he was there, head bowed before that one particular grave. No nosy parkers to question his right to be there." The Distant Echo is the first in the Karen Pirie series. The later books in

Having previously read other books in this series and enjoyed them immensely, I decided to start the series from the very beginning with the novel ' The Distant Echo'. This is the Inspector Karen Pirie series by author Val McDermid, who works in Fife investigating cold cases.With the development of forensics it is possible to reopen old cases that were previously unsolved as Karen Pirie looks into a 25 year old case of a murdered barmaid named Rosie Duff. Four young men known as Gilly, Ziggy,

I read Val McDermid years ago and can't remember why I never resumed the brilliant series of Carol Jordan and Tony Hill (maybe because the TV series started??). However I was recommended to read Out of Bounds, which I found was the 4th instalment in the Detective Karen Pirie series and, being me, I always have to start at the beginning if I know it's a series, so I eagerly started this.It begins with one of the greatest prologues I have ever read, and I was hooked completely.I won't cover the

This was my first Val McDermid book and it certainly won't be my last! Check out all my book blogs at http://constantreaderpauloneill.blogspot.co.uk/McDermid delivers a fantastic crime / mystery story set in my homeland of Fife, Scotland and she does a great job for presenting the different areas of Fife exactly how they are like in real life. The story begins when four lads drunkenly stumble upon our victim, Rosie, after a night out who has been left for dead. The book then tells the tale of