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I was a bit sceptical about this series. I've read mostly all McDermid's other books but found that I didn't always like her earlier works. So I went in with low expectations and was pleasantly surprised! I quite like the obnoxious Lindsay Gordon. Not in a hurry to read the next, but I will get around to it eventually.
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pickAn oldie but goodie. I remember buying this years ago when searching for crime fiction with lesbian protagonists. Lindsay‘s sexuality isn‘t something she wrestles with, she‘s just a gay lady. I found that so refreshing particularly given the fact this was written in 1987 and I was all of 10 years old. 😂 Reads a bit like a cozy mystery. #SeriesRead2021 #StartASeries
so-soHaveI mentioned how much I dislike amateur detectives in fiction? I had hoped Lindsay Gordon, “cynical socialist lesbian feminist journalist” would supersede this, but alas, she was just as meddling and bumbling as most. There‘s a lot of characterization though monologue as well, and I never connected with Lindsay— maybe if narration had been in first person... I was in the mood for a mystery so I found it compelling enough to finish, but barely.
Picked up this next read at the library book sale last week. I haven‘t been reading many mysteries lately, and I‘ve never tried Val McDermid, but it only took the first sentence of the back cover for me to add it to my stack. I think I need a cynical socialist lesbian feminist journalist at the moment.
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so-soFirst Val McDermid book starring lesbian feminist investigative reporter Lindsay Gordon Report For Murder. I love her latest stuff and this was fun but clearly she was still learning her craft. Both her writing and her plotting improve enormously in later books- the idea that the headmistress of a posh girls school would authorise an independent investigation into a murder on school premises defies believe. Recommended to hardcore fans only.
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Report for Murder (Lindsay Gordon Crime Series, Book 1) | 
And the cold cases of Karen Pirie.
But I didn't like PI Kate Brannigan that much so that's why I was a bit skeptical about this one. I promised myself to first try Lindsay before I read her new (Allie Burns) books. 1y