Star Struck (PI Kate Brannigan, Book 6)

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A gripping Kate Brannigan thriller, from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Val McDermid.

Val McDermid remains unrivalled Observer
Manchester PI Kate Brannigan finds herself with no choice but to take the only case on offer: bodyguarding a paranoid soap star.

But the glitzy world of showbusiness has a darker side. And as Kate scratches the surface, she uncovers dramas, threats and bitter rivalries. And when a self-styled Seer to the Stars is murdered, Kate is left with more questions than answers.

Reviews

Stunningly exciting, horrifyingly good
Ruth Rendell

This book has a sense of gravitas and intelligence utterly beyond lesser writers in the field
Ian Rankin

Terrific chiller from Manchesters answer to Thomas Harris
Guardian

A clever and exciting thriller
Sunday Telegraph

A compelling combination of sexual-political mischief and Jacobean psychological intensity
Sunday Times (of The Wire in the Blood)

Praise for Val McDermid:

'No one rivals Val McDermids skill at writing truly terrifying thrillers Good Housekeeping

The real mistress of psychological gripping thrillers' Daily Express

'McDermid's capacity to enter the warped mind of a deviant criminal is shiveringly convincing' The Times

Val McDermid is undoubtedly the queen of British crime Observer

'McDermids expertly juggled plotlines and masterful handling of pace and tension tick all the best boxes Guardian

The queen of crime is still at the top of her game Independent

One of todays most accomplished crime writers Literary Review

Her writing is never less than excellent Crime Time

Author Bio

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 as Northern Bureau Chief of a national Sunday tabloid. She divides her time between Northumberland and Cheshire.