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    Blue Genes

    By Val McDermid

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    A riveting Kate Brannigan thriller, from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Val McDermid.

    ‘Val McDermid remains unrivalled’ Observer

    Kate Brannigan’s having a bad week. Her boyfriend’s death notice is in the paper and her plan to catch a team of fraudsters is in disarray.

    Kate can’t even cry on her best friend’s shoulder, for Alexis has worries of her own. Her girlfriend’s pregnant, and when the doctor responsible for the fertility treatment is murdered, Alexis needs Kate like she’s never done before.

    Delving into the alien world of medical experimentation, Kate confronts betrayal and cold-blooded greed as she fights to save not only her livelihood, but her life as well…

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins UK
    Release dateMay 22, 2009
    ISBN9780007327577
    Author

    Val McDermid

    VAL McDERMID is the internationally bestselling author of more than twenty crime novels. She has won the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; her novels have been selected as New York Times Notable Books and have been Edgar Award finalists. She was the 2010 recipient of the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Crime Writing. More than 10 million copies of her books have been sold around the world. She lives in the north of England. Visit her website at www.valmcdermid.com.

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    • 4/5
      This is the fifth novel featuring Kate Branigan, the Manchester based private investigator, and probably the best one so far (which is saying something as the previous books had all been very strong). As usual, Kate finds herself investigating several cases simultaneously, carefully balancing her time and skills, and somehow managing to keep a grasp on all of them.The principal storyline, however, which gives the book its name, revolves around the apparently mindless murder of a doctor engaged in extensive research into subfertility and IVF. She was murdered in her own home, and in the absence of evidence to the contrary the police are treating it as a case of an attempted burglary that went wrong. Among her patients at the time of the murder were Alex and Chris, Kate’s best friends, who had been referred to her for help with a baby. It is only after the murder, however, that they realise that she had been working under a pseudonym. As there are a lot of sensitivities about their treatment, Alex retains Kate to investigate further, and also to ensure that their records are safe.As usual, McDermid develops the plot quickly, but plausibly, quickly enfolding the reader in the story. Branigan is an immensely plausible protagonist – capable, occasionally stubborn, and overwhelmingly logical, she knows her limitations, but is not afraid to push herself absolutely to them. In this outing there are additional domestic and work-related challenges that she has to address, and she takes them on adroitly
    • 3/5
      This is the first Val McDermid I've read, and I am willing to try her again (particularly because I gather her fans don't think this her strongest book). The running of three mysteries in one was at first a positive for me, but towards the end...well, it gave a scattered, breathless sort of approach to it all. Can't fault her for being superficial when dealing with grave matter, because most of the mysteries I read are (I mean, they start with someone dead, and what could be more grave than that? and yet we don't expect much gnashing of teeth). I think the reason my feeling of "oh, these are shallow waters" came up was more the theme of infertility, which, to give her credit, McDermid's fearless PI does try to comprehend...but something seemed, to me, to be missing.
      I'll give her another try or two and see. Love her wit, I must say.
    • 3/5
      i didn't find it that funny. everyone in it was too far over the edge, branigan included. a little tiring like my wacko family who at least don't kill people.
    • 4/5
      I really enjoyed this one. Kate Brannigan is a great character and I laughed out loud on a few occasions with this one.She's trying to capture a couple of fraudsters preying on recently deceased people. Wondering why a doctor died and how that has implications for a friend and her girlfriend who's expecting and to add to her burden her partner has fallen in love and is moving to Australia.I'm going to read more of these!