SurfWax News Index  |  Track News  |  Save/Exchange Information |  About Us News and Articles on Val McDermid New questions about an old murder in ‘Place of Execution’  Oct 31, 2009 Based on a Val McDermid novel, the two-part miniseries contains enough compelling genre twists to keep you genuinely eager to find out whodunit. But the portrait of workaholic journalist Catherine Heathcoat (Juliet Stevenson) is overly simplistic. (Boston Globe) The warp and woof of murder  Feb 22, 2009 A DARKER DOMAIN By Val McDermid Harper, 355 pp ... Val McDermid's "A Darker Domain" opens with a brief scene set in 1985 in Fife, Scotland ... A DARKER DOMAIN By Val McDermid Harper, 355 pp. (Boston Globe) Swedish crime writer finds fame after death  Feb 17, 2009 As for Larsson, he primarily drew inspiration from British and American authors such as Sara Paretsky, Val McDermid and Elizabeth George. Salander's character, however, was inspired by the strong-willed redhead Pippi Longstocking in the children's books by the late Astrid Lindgren. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel) Back to Authors News [ Terms Of Use | Privacy | About ] ©1998-2009 SurfWax, Inc. All rights reserved. Patents pending. Copyright SurfWax, Inc. 2009