Out of Bounds

‘There were a lot of things that ran in families, but murder wasn’t one of them …’Detective Chief Inspector Karen Pirie is an expert at solving the unsolvable.

With each cold case closed, justice is served. So when a teenage joyrider crashes a stolen car and ends up in a coma, a routine DNA test could be the key to unlocking the mystery of a twenty-year-old murder inquiry. Finding the answer should be straightforward, but it’s as twisted as the DNA helix itself. Meanwhile, Karen finds herself irresistibly drawn to another case, one that she has no business investigating. And as she pieces together decades-old evidence, Karen discovers the most dangerous kind of secrets. Secrets that someone is willing to kill for …Number one bestseller Val McDermid returns with her most atmospheric, spine-chilling and gripping novel to date.


Publication date UK: 25 August 2016 (Little, Brown Book Group)
Publication date US: 06 December 2016 (Grove Atlantic)
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Out of Bounds
Number one bestseller Val McDermid presents another chilling and suspenseful novel!

Karen Pirie finds herself irresistibly drawn to another mystery that she has no business investigating…
When a teenage joyrider crashes a stolen car and ends up in a coma, a routine DNA test reveals a connection to an unsolved murder from twenty-two years before. Finding the answer to the cold case should be straightforward. But it’s as twisted as the DNA helix itself.

Meanwhile, Karen Pirie finds herself irresistibly drawn to another mystery that she has no business investigating, a mystery that has its roots in a terrorist bombing two decades ago. And again, she finds that nothing is as it seems…

Out of Bounds

Series: Karen Pirie Series – Book 4

Out of Bounds

Series: Karen Pirie Series – Book 4