Val McDermid: 'A Darker Domain'
"A Darker Domain" is a psychological thriller that ties together a kidnapping, a botched payoff and a national miner's strike from 25 years ago. McDermid, author of 25 crime novels, grew up in a Scottish mining community, read English at Oxford and has worked as a journalist. She has won the Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel and the LA Times Book of the Year Award.