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BLUE GENES
Val McDermid
HarperCollinsPublishers
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This ebook edition published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1996
Copyright © Val McDermid 1996
Cover design by Micaela Alcaino © HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
Cover photographs © Silas Manhood / Arcangel Images
Val McDermid asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
This is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Source ISBN: 9780008344931
Ebook Edition © NOVEMBER 2019 ISBN: 9780007327577
Version: 2019-10-15
‘The queen of crime is still at the top of her game’
INDEPENDENT
‘No one can tell a story like she can’
DAILY EXPRESS
‘One of today’s most accomplished crime writers’
LITERARY REVIEW
‘McDermid remains unrivalled’
OBSERVER
‘Incredibly suspenseful’
SUNDAY MIRROR
‘This is crime writing of the very highest order’
THE TIMES
‘A gripping page-turner’
METRO
‘A terrific read’
DAILY TELEGRAPH
For Fairy, Lesley and all the other lesbian mothers who prove that moulds are there to be broken. And for Robyn and Andrew and Jack
Contents
Copyright
Praise for Val McDermid
Dedication
