{"product_id":"a-darker-domain-val-mcdermid-9780061688997","title":"A Darker Domain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Crime Book of the Year - A Finalist for the Los Angeles Book Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A thrilling story with heartbreaking questions of social justice and history.\" --\u003cem\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ecalls Val McDermid, \"As smooth a practitioner of crime fiction as anyone out there...the best we've got.\" Time spent with her extraordinary thriller, \u003cem\u003eA Darker Domain, \u003c\/em\u003ewill prove that it's true. Set in Scotland, the milieu of Ian Rankin's John Rebus, McDermid's brilliant exploration of loyalty and greed intertwines the past and present.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFife, Scotland, 1984\u003c\/em\u003e. Mick Prentice abandons his family at the height of a politically charged national miners' strike to join the strikebreakers down south. Despised and disowned by friends and relatives, he is not reported missing until twenty-three years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFife, Scotland, 1985\u003c\/em\u003e. Kidnapped heiress Catriona Maclennan Grant is killed and her baby son vanishes when the ransom payoff goes horribly wrong. In 2008, a tourist in Tuscany stumbles upon dramatic new evidence that reopens the investigation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlready immersed in the Prentice affair, Detective Karen Pirie, newly appointed head of the Cold Case Review Team, wants to make her mark with this second unsolved 1980s mystery. But two decades' worth of secrets are leading Pirie into a dark domain of violence and betrayal--a place darker than any she has previously entered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Val McDermid\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0061688991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061688997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/12\/2010 pg. 32","brand":"Val McDermid","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047953068287,"sku":"9780061688997","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_379d2e86-134b-4ecf-ab98-2bb08e81c671.jpg?v=1684993087","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-darker-domain-val-mcdermid-9780061688997","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}