The Vanishing Point

This is not a typical McDermid novel with her known characters. This is a stand-alone about the case of a woman named Stephanie coming to the airport with a young boy, Jimmy she is adopting. And then, he is taken. Now, you would think that the book would take off at race-neck speed to find the boy.......more

The suspense never vanishes with "The Vanishing Point". The suspense begins immediately when a 5-year-old British boy is abducted in a large U.S. airport, while his caretaker is being patted down by airport security. The boy is the son of a deceased British reality star so the abduction instantly make......more

Val McDermid has long been one of my very favourite writers. However, I'd put off reading The Vanishing Point, due to the subject matter of child abduction (my own child was a toddler at the time the book was originally released). Well, I've finally gotten around to reading it, and am pleased to rep......more

This was my first Val McDermid book and while I didn't rate it very highly, I finished the book thinking I will probably try another one of her books. She writes very well,the plot moved along, and many of the characters were well-fleshed out. The narrative unfolds both in the present day and in fla......more

For sheer variety of fascinating characters and settings, I believe that Val McDermid has no rivals amongst ontemporary mystery story writers. She has introduced me to Scottish miners, German rivercraft, Cambridge academics, and lots of police officers and profilers not to mention Fletcher Christian......more