Her latest novel released in the US is Fever of the Bone.
For the Guardian, she named her top ten Oxford novels. One title on her list:An Instance of the Fingerpost by Ian PearsRead about another title on the list.
Set just after the Restoration, when conspiracies were rife, this epistolary novel features a quartet of unreliable narrators giving their versions of the same series of events. Cleverly constructed and completely fascinating, it's loosely based on historical happenings and is crammed with fascinating period detail. It's as much a novel of ideas as it is of character, but none the less compelling for that.
Learn about McDermid's hero from outside literature.
--Marshal Zeringue
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