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Still Life (2020)

di Val McDermid

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Serie: Karen Pirie (6)

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"The UK's "Queen of Crime" Val McDermid returns to her propulsive series featuring cold case detective Karen Pirie, who finds herself investigating the shadowy world of forgery, where things are never what they seem. Still Life is intensely gripping from the first page and further proof that McDermid is writing at the top of her game. When a lobster fisherman on an early morning run pulls in his traps, he finds something he wasn't expecting to catch-a body. Turns out the dead man was the brother of a senior Scottish government official who vanished without a trace, and Detective Chief Inspector Karen Pirie is asked to take over the investigation. At the same time, a woman in the wealthy enclave of Perth is clearing out her sister's home after a fatal road accident and finds a mysterious camper van in the garage containing a skeletonized body. But who is it? And how long has it been there? The two cases will draw Karen into the world of imposters, identity theft, and art forgery"--… (altro)
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Stilleven. Door: Val McDermid.

Een tiental jaar geleden ben ik, na twee gewapende overvallen te hebben meegemaakt, gestopt met het lezen van thrillers. Tot dan verslond ik gretig alles van Val McDermid; ik was dol op Tony Hill en Carol Jordan (in boekvorm én op tv).

Een tijdje geleden zag ik dat er een serie over Karen Pirie - een personage van McDermid - op tv zou komen en die heb ik, voorzichtig, geprobeerd. Ik was direct verkocht: het verhaal was geweldig goed, Karen bleek zó tof; ik genoot van elke seconde. Jammer genoeg vond ik het boek (De verre echo) niet terug in de bib. Maar nu is er weer een nieuwe Karen Pirie: Stilleven! Woehoe!

Ik heb het boek net uit, heb als een verslaafde zitten lezen, zeker de laatste hoofdstukken: nagelbijtend spannend! Karen blijk op papier nog toffer dan op het scherm (boeken zijn altijd beter hé), ondertussen is ze een tiental jaar ouder dan in de serie en is ze hoofd van de afdeling Historische zaken van de Schotse politie. Als je denkt dat dat saai is vergis je je schromelijk: haar job is giga boeiend én spannend, soms zelfs ronduit gevaarlijk. Haar collega’s Jason (en later Daisy) stalen ook direct mijn hart.

Mc Dermid kan schrijven: ze weet je pagina na pagina aan het papier te kluisteren, haar personages zijn levensecht (Karen, ik wil je vriend zijn én ik hou ook van chocoladekoekjes!), de dialogen vonken en de zaken die aan bod komen in Stilleven zijn intrigerend. Je voelt ook continue de dreigende spanning van de naderende Brexit en de virus-lockdowns.

Een tof pluspunt is dat de Karen Pirie verhalen boordevol coole, vrouwelijke personages zitten (allemaal vriendschapskandidaten voor mij).

Deze zomer ga ik, voor het eerst, naar Schotland; misschien neem ik wel een stapeltje McDermids mee want ik ben (opnieuw) verslaafd! ( )
  Els04 | Feb 7, 2024 |
I love PCI Karen Pirie and her world! ( )
  decaturmamaof2 | Nov 22, 2023 |
I tend to enjoy Val McDermid's mysteries, and this is no exception. Great pacing, good plot, and a story well told. ( )
  JBD1 | Jan 11, 2023 |
Although I've been a fan since the Karen Pirie series began, I have to confess to being a wee bit disappointed with this entry. The tone felt different from the earlier books, and I've been puzzling over why that's so.

I guess it felt somewhat softer. Karen has only one minor skirmish with her boss ("the dog biscuit") and both the cold cases she's been assigned move forward smoothly. It takes a while to get on the right track (which in both cases was pretty obvious to me from the start), but she never really travels down the wrong track by pursuing any red herrings. She gets cooperation all along the way.

Of course, she's brilliant, as are her network of forensic scientists and art experts and the like. These are primarily women. Let's be clear, I'm always a fan of strong female characters in crime novels, but in this series it's beginning to seem a bit over the top, especially now that Karen has added a perky young female DS to her team. With the exception of one Irish cop, most of the male cops are pretty inept, characters Karen has to train and encourage.

There is, of course, the breathtaking boyfriend, Hamish. From a privileged background, he spends part of his week managing his hip chain of coffee shops, and part working on his croft in the highlands (where he takes his hair out of the ponytail and wears a kilt). For crying out loud!

It almost feels as if McDermid is straying into a chick-lit version of a police procedural. I hope that's not the case, and that future books have more of the tension of earlier books.

It pains me to do it, but I can only give this 3 stars. For someone who wants to try out this series, I'd recommend books 2 through 5. ( )
  BarbKBooks | Aug 15, 2022 |
Yes! Inspector Karen Pirie is back, and McDermid takes the bold step of setting this one in February 2020 -- so the looming spectre of Covid-19 is waiting in the background. 2 complex cases, the usual quick thinking and resolve, and some new players. Does not disappoint.


Avanced Reader's copy provided by Edelweiss. ( )
  jennybeast | Apr 14, 2022 |
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"The UK's "Queen of Crime" Val McDermid returns to her propulsive series featuring cold case detective Karen Pirie, who finds herself investigating the shadowy world of forgery, where things are never what they seem. Still Life is intensely gripping from the first page and further proof that McDermid is writing at the top of her game. When a lobster fisherman on an early morning run pulls in his traps, he finds something he wasn't expecting to catch-a body. Turns out the dead man was the brother of a senior Scottish government official who vanished without a trace, and Detective Chief Inspector Karen Pirie is asked to take over the investigation. At the same time, a woman in the wealthy enclave of Perth is clearing out her sister's home after a fatal road accident and finds a mysterious camper van in the garage containing a skeletonized body. But who is it? And how long has it been there? The two cases will draw Karen into the world of imposters, identity theft, and art forgery"--

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