The Distant Echo

By: Val McDermid

Narrated by: Tom Cotcher

On a freezing morning four drunken students stumble upon the body of a woman in the snow. Rosie has been raped, stabbed and left for dead in a cemetery. The only suspects are the four young men now stained with her blood.

Twenty-five years later the police mount a cold-case review of Rosie’s unsolved murder, and the four are still suspects. But when two of them die in suspicious circumstances, it seems that someone is pursuing their own brand of justice....

©2003 Val McDermid (P)2004 Recorded Books Inc

Critic reviews

"A classic.… McDermid pulls out all the stops. Impeccable." ( Guardian)

"A few more sly, old-fashioned whodunits like this and she’ll join the sturdy ranks of the queens of crime, on course to become Dame Val or Baroness McDermid." ( Sunday Times)

Great story but excessive blaspheming

Enjoyed the Scottish accent. Enjoyed the writing and the story BUT the excessive amount of blaspheming ruined my experience, and I probably won’t read another book from this author. Pity.

Paint Drying is Better

Boring, slow and tedious. A great disappointment. Not good enough.
Give this on a miss.