Broken Ground
BOOK 5 in Series
As Karen gets closer to the several truths, it becomes clear that not everyone shares her desire for justice. Or even the idea of what justice is.
Alice Somerville’s inheritance lies six feet under in a Highland peat bog – a pair of valuable vintage motorbikes buried by her grandfather at the end of World War II. But when Alice finally organises their recovery, she finds an unwelcome surprise -a body with a pair of bullet holes . . . and Nike trainers. DCI Karen Pirie of Police Scotland’s Historic Cases Unit is called in to unravel a case where nothing is quite as it seems.
Publication date UK: 23 August 2018 (Little, Brown Book Group)
Publication date US: 04 December 2018 (Grove Atlantic)
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US publication: December 2018 by Atlantic Monthly Press
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Broken Ground
Series: Karen Pirie – Book 5
Broken Ground
Series: Karen Pirie – Book 5
- Book 1 –The Distant Echo (HarperCollins, 2003)
- Book 2 –A Darker Domain (HarperCollins, 2009)
- Book 3 –The Skeleton Road (Little, Brown Book Group, 2014)
- Book 4 –Out of Bounds (Little, Brown Book Group, 2016)
- Book 5 –Broken Ground (Little, Brown Book Group, 2018)
- Book 6 –Still Life (Little, Brown Book Group, 2020)
- Book 7 –Past Lying (Little, Brown Book Group, 2023)
- Book 8 –Silent Bones (Little, Brown Book Group, 2025)
Reviews
Reviews
Another stellar read from McDermid, and further evidence that her “Queen of Crime” status is not likely to be challenged anytime soon. – The Scotsman
The masterly handling of the pace and, plot, blended with brilliant characterisation, show why best-selling writer Val McDermid retains her title of new Queen of Crime. – The People
Her trademark combination of macabre suspense and a light touch keep you reading gratefully. – Sunday Express
Another masterly handling of pace and plot, blended with brilliant characterisation, from the Queen of Crime. – Sunday Mirror
There is nothing more gratifying than watching a master craftswoman at work, and she is on fine form here. ― Observer
McDermid’s deceptively languid style, sly black humour and metronomic sense of pacing delivers a compulsively readable tale. ― Irish Times
