How the Dead Speak
- Published
- 1 January 2019
- Pages
- 424
- ISBN-13
- 9780751576931
- Type
- novel
About this book
How the Dead Speak follows Insidious Intent in the Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series, published in 2019 -- the eleventh entry in Val McDermid's two-decade-spanning run since The Mermaids Singing won the Gold Dagger in 1995.
Key facts about How the Dead Speak
Val McDermid wrote How the Dead Speak, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2019. The book has 424 pages.
We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780751576931 to find the main one.
How the Dead Speak is book 11 of 11 in the Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series. The series has 11 published books. However, the series starts with The Mermaids Singing (1995).
Additionally, Val McDermid writes Lindsay Gordon, Kate Brannigan and Karen Pirie, plus 1 more series. Those series sit on our crime fiction shelf. Meanwhile, This Door of the Seas is the latest published Val McDermid book on file, from 6 August 2026.
About Val McDermid
Val McDermid is a Scottish crime writer whose career spans nearly four decades and five distinct series, making her one of the most prolific and structurally ambitious authors working in British crime fiction. See every Val McDermid book in order.
Its place in Tony Hill and Carol Jordan
How the Dead Speak is book 11 in the Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series. It follows Insidious Intent. See the full Tony Hill and Carol Jordan reading order.
Val McDermid's best-known series pairs Tony Hill, a clinical psychologist and profiler with a troubled personal history and an unnerving gift for thinking like the killers he hunts, with Carol Jordan, a police officer whose career and personal life become entangled with his across two decades of investigations. The opening book, The Mermaids Singing (1995), won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger and set the template for the psychological-thriller-plus-procedural hybrid McDermid became known for: visceral…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780751576931
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780802147615
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780802147622