A sassy tale, based around some dubious deeds at the lower end of the rock music industry and in the higher echelons of fertility research. McDermid has a good line in wry humour and a pencil case full of colourful characters including pregnant lesbians and. Glasgow punks - most of whom, like her world weary detective Kate Brannigan, have their hearts fixed firmly in the right places.
Blue Genes, by Val McDermid (Harpercollins, £5.99 in UK)
A sassy tale, based around some dubious deeds at the lower end of the rock music industry and in the higher echelons of fertility…
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