Report for Murder
Women's Press, 1987
Winner of the Gold Dagger Award
Synopsis:
Freelance journalist Lindsay Gordon is strapped
for cash. Why else would she agree to cover a fund-raising gala
at a girls' public school? But when the star attraction is found
garrotted with her own cello string instants before she is due on
stage, Lindsay finds herself investigating a vicious murder. Who
would have wanted Lorna Smith Cooper dead? Who had the key to the
locked room in which her body was found? And who could have slipped
out of the hall at just the right time to commit this calculated
and cold-blooded crime?
'One of my favourite authors.' Sara Paretsky
'A timeless mystery, well-plotted with crisp dialogue and solid
characterisation.' Orlando Sun-Sentinel
'McDermid has created a complex and prickly detective. The relationship
intertwines a realistic romance with a solid detective story.'
Washington Times
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