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Report for Murder: A Lindsay Gordon Mystery (Lindsay Gordon Mystery Series) | 
 enlarge | Author: V. L. Mcdermid
Publisher: Bywater Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 373790
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 265
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7
ISBN: 1932859063
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781932859065
ASIN: 1932859063
Publication Date: September 1, 2005
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Lindsay Gordon, Scottish journalist and amateur sleuth, was the first creation of international bestseller Val McDermid. Report for Murder introduced the United Kingdom's first lesbian detective, and the series has been perennially popular ever since. Lindsay is tenacious to the point of stubbornness, intrepid to the point of stupidity, and loyal to the point of laying her life on the line. With the support of friends, family, and lovers, she takes on the world with wit and brio, unraveling criminal conspiracies and unmasking murderers. She's feisty, feminist, and funny. Each novel plunges Lindsay into a different milieu. Report for Murder is set against the backdrop of an exclusive girls' boarding school; Common Murder features a women's peace protest, where feelings run deadly; Deadline for Murder forces Lindsay to confront the darker side of her own world of journalism; Conferences Are Murder explores the deadly underbelly of trade unionism; Booked for Murder lifts the lid on publishing, showing it's no longer a gentleman's game; and Hostage to Murder brings Lindsay face-to-face with child custody battles and the gangsters who inhabit the world of terrorism. The hallmark of McDermid's novels is a compassionate understanding of human relationships and a shrewd insight into contemporary society. The Lindsay Gordon novels have been published to great critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. Booked for Murder, the fifth Lindsay Gordon mystery, was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award. McDermid has been praised for the way her storytelling interweaves the various elements of the novel into a seamless, balanced whole. "I don't write about issues, I write about characters," McDermid says. The books have won a wide general readership among fans of the mystery genre. Val McDermid grew up in a Scottish mining community and read English at Oxford. She lives in northern England.
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Uncommonly Good - even after all these years! February 29, 2008
I've had this book on my stack for way too long and have been meaning to read it for over a year. I may have read it when it first came out in the 1980's, but I don't recall it, so it was a fun one to read. Lindsay is an appealing character, and the mystery and her work are well-written, interesting, and just easy to fall into completely. Excellent book, and I look forward to reading all of the series.
 Smart, Tenacious, Daring, Loyal and Class Conscious September 15, 2005
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
"The fact that she cheerfully despised the job she was about to do was not a new sensation. In the unreal world of popular journalism which she inhabited, she was continually faced with tasks that made her blood boil." thus we begin to learn about Lindsay Gordon, self-proclaimed "cynical socialist lesbian feminist journalist". In "Report for Murder" Lindsay, who was commissioned to write a feature article on a girls' boarding school, Derbyshire House Girls' School, finds a story, but not the one she was hired to write.
Lindsay arrives at the school to meet an old friend Paddy Callaghan, who was a Housemistress at this school. A weekend of book auctions, classical music and lectures to raise money, turns into a weekend of murder. As improbable as it may seem, Lindsay is hired by the School head, Pamela Overton, to find the real murderer after Paddy has been arrested. This intricate investigation of the death of Lorna Smith-Couper, a classical musician and hated woman by many people, will amaze some and annoy many. The old world of England and Scotland comes to the fore in this story. The rolling hills, the fog, the beauty of the countryside, the Pubs, and the townhouses in the cities, London and Dublin, are explored and described with magnanimous features. Lindsay is a force to be reckoned with. She is indubitable and when she finds a new love, we applaud. The students and other teachers at this school are genuine and loveable. The story is fast paced and fun. This is a realistic detective story with a prickly and complex detective.
A friend recommended this book to me and it was immensely enjoyable. A new twist and turn in every chapter. Recommended. prisrob.
This book holds fond memories! January 15, 2005
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is the first book in Val McDermid's first published series, so by its very being it IS special. That said, at the time I read this, I had read many of her other books, and it was very, very different. It was much cuter.
Cute may not have been what Ms. McDermid was going for, but that does not make the story bad, not by a long shot. Indeed, while it may not contain the creepy elements that get under one's skin as in later McDermid novels, I found main character Lindsay's class consciousness to be quite intriguing.
This novel is not for everyone. It is only for those whose preconceptions' about homosexuals won't get in the way of their ability to digest the novel.
Finally back in print-YES! March 22, 1998
28 out of 30 found this review helpful
When her friend Paddy Callaghan, the headmistress of an exclusive girls school, asks Lindsay Gordon to write an article on fundraising, she reluctantly agrees. Even though she loathes spending time at the elite Derbyshire boarding school, Lindsay accepted the assignment because Paddy is an old school chum. When Lindsay arrives at her destination, she soon learns the dire financial straits confronting the school. Several of the illustrious alumni have returned to help raise money. For instance, the renowned musician Lorna Smith-Couper will perform a benefit concert to raise some cash. However, the famous cellist is found strangled just prior to her concert. Lindsay soon learns that the victim had many enemies. Soon, Paddy asks Lindsay and Cordelia (a writer who Lindsay is very attracted to) save the school and its reputation from ruin by solving the killing. REPORT FOR MURDER is a reprint of the debut novel of Lindsay Gordon, a wonderful character, who remains relevant and interesting. Though the lesbian-leanings of Lindsay may turn off some readers, Val McDermid handles her star's sexual preference with finesse and good taste. The story line is intriguing and demonstrates why Ms. McDermid has won several awards. This gritty, on its head cosy is a brilliant amateur sleuth who-done-it. Harriet Klausner
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