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1989 / Val McDermid.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780802160102 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 416 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition: First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2022.
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| Subject: | Drugs > Testing > Fiction. Investigative reporting > Fiction. Murder > Investigation > Fiction. Nineteen eighties > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Novels. |
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Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | FIC McDer | 31681010297224 | FICTION | Available | - |
| Lakeshore Branch | FIC McDer | 31681010297232 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Ten years later Allie Burns is running the northern news operation of The Sunday Globe where she covers the memorial service of Pan Am Flight 103 and stumbles upon a shocking story about HIV/AIDS, in the sequel to1979. - Baker & Taylor
"A riveting thrill ride of a novel from a captivating new series, 1989 confirms internationally bestselling author Val McDermid as one of crime fiction's true masters. It's 1989 and journalist Allie Burns is growing up. Older and maybe wiser than the hustling young hack we met in 1979, she's running the northern news operation of the Sunday Globe, chafing at losing her role in investigative journalism and at the descent into the gutter of the UK tabloid media. But there's plenty to keep her occupied. Theyear begins with the memorial service for the victims of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, but Allie has barely filed her copy when she stumbles over a story about HIV/AIDS that will shock her into a major change of direction. The world of newspapers is undergoing a revolution, there's skullduggery in the medical research labs and seismic rumblings behind the Iron Curtain. When murder is added to this potent mix, Allie will be called upon to chase a story that will take her further afield than she'd everplanned, and force her to question all her old certainties"-- - Perseus Publishing
In the new installment to her historical crime series that began with 1979, internationally bestselling author Val McDermid delivers a propulsive new thriller that finds journalist Allie Burns has become an editor, and as the Cold War and AIDS crisis deliver a nonstop tide of news, most of it bad, a story falls into her lap. And then thereâs a murder.
Hailed as Britainâs Queen of Crime, Val McDermidâs award-winning, internationally bestselling novels have captivated readers for more than thirty years. In her Allie Burns series, she returns to the pastâboth ours and in some ways her ownâwith the story of a female journalist whose stories lead her into world of corruption, terror, and murder.
Itâs 1989 and Allie Burns is back. Older and maybe wiser, sheâs running the northern news operation of the Sunday Globe, chafing at losing her role in investigative journalism and at the descent into the gutter of the UK tabloid media. But thereâs plenty to keep her occupied. The year begins with the memorial service for the victims of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, but Allie has barely filed her copy when she stumbles over a story about HIV/AIDS that will shock her into a major change of direction. The world of newspapers is undergoing a revolution, thereâs skullduggery in the medical research labs and there are seismic rumblings behind the Iron Curtain. When murder is added to this potent mix, Allie is forced to question all her old certainties.
Readers are having a great time time-traveling with Val, and 1989 is a seamless, riveting novel that brings us once again face to face with how very much past is prologue, and how historyâs sins stay with us.
