TY  - BOOK
AU  - McDermid, Val,
TI  - 1979
SN  - 9780802159021
AV  - PR6063.C 
U1  - [Fic] 23
PY  - 2021///1005
PB  - Atlantic Monthly Press
KW  - Women journalists
KW  - Scotland
KW  - Glasgow
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Newspaper publishing
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Friendship
KW  - Sex discrimination against women
KW  - Murder
KW  - Investigation
KW  - Investigative reporting
KW  - Terrorism
KW  - Corruption
KW  - Glasgow (Scotland)
KW  - Thrillers (Fiction)
KW  - fast
N2  - It's only January, and the year 1979 has already brought blizzards, strikes, power cuts, and political unrest. For journalist Allie Burns, however, someone else's bad news is the unmistakable sound of opportunity knocking, an opportunity to get away from the "women's stories" her editors at the Scottish daily The Clarion keep assigning her. Striking up an alliance with budding investigative journalist Danny Sullivan, Allie begins covering international tax fraud, then a group of Scottish ultranationalists aiming to cause mayhem ahead of a referendum on breaking away from the United Kingdom. Their stories quickly get attention and create enemies for the two young up-and-comers. As they get closer to the bleeding edge of breaking news, Allie and Danny may find their lives on the line.

The first novel in a brand-new series for McDermid, 1979 is redolent of the thundering presses, hammering typewriters, and wreaths of smoke of the Clarion newsroom. An atmospheric journey into the past with much to say about the present, it is the latest suspenseful, pitch-perfect addition to Val McDermid's crime pantheon
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