Report for Murder and Common Murder: Lindsay Gordon Mysteries #1 and #2 Style:Paperback Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear

Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she will become a member of her village

both chosen and not

finds himself at odds with one of the most powerful ambassadors at court—the body-father of the queen's new child—in an altercation which results in his humiliation

Claude says

His novels and short stories have been favorably compared to those of Ursula K

Report for Murder and Common Murder: Lindsay Gordon Mysteries #1 and #2 Style:Paperback Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fearBy Val McDermid The Lindsay Gordon novels are the series that set internationally bestselling writer Val McDermid on the path to becoming the world class crime writer she is today, collected into three volumes and now available as Grove Press paperbacks for the first time. In Report for Murder, we meet self proclaimed cynical socialist lesbian feminist journalist Lindsay GordonMcDermids pioneering characteras she investigates the vicious murder of the