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Pre-order the twisty new Karen Pirie thriller, now a major BritBox series.In this latest installment to her acclaimed detective series, internationally bestselling author Val McDermid returns with DCI Karen Pirie in a propulsive new thriller of deceit and vengeance, set against the disquiet and investigative challenges of a global pandemicHailed as Britain's "Queen of Crime" (Scotsman) , Val McDermid is the award-winning, internationally bestselling author of over thirty novels that have enthralled readers for the past three decades. The long-awaited seventh novel in McDermid's acclaimed Karen Pirie series, Past Lying is a breakneck collision of ego, retribution, and just how far one will go to settle the score.It's April 2020 and Edinburgh is in lockdown, but that doesn't mean crime takes a holiday.