by Val McDermid · Harper-perennial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780007243310
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«A Darker Domain» is the crime thriller novel by Val McDermid, published by Harper-perennial in paperback (402 pages, in English).
Two cases separated by twenty-five years converge in Detective Karen Pirie's investigation: the kidnapping of heiress Catriona Grant and her son, which ended with her death and the baby's disappearance, and the mysterious disappearance of a miner during the 1984 strike. The discovery of a new clue in a Tuscan villa reopens the first case, while Pirie finds that the official version of the second does not fit the facts.
Second installment in the Inspector Karen Pirie series. The novel was nominated for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year in 2010.
For readers of police thrillers and Scottish noir seeking a plot of unsolved cases with historical background.
Valarie McDermid is a Scottish crime writer of over 30 novels. Her work is considered part of a sub-genre known as Tartan Noir, and is known for uncompromising depictions of violence. Her books have received numerous awards, including the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award and the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award.
