About this book
The Grave Tattoo (2006) blends a modern murder investigation with a literary mystery involving William Wordsworth and a local legend about a surviving Bounty mutineer. It followed the Quick Reads novella Cleanskin in Val McDermid's bibliography and precedes her psychological thriller Trick of the Dark.
Key facts about The Grave Tattoo
Val McDermid wrote The Grave Tattoo, a book on our list. It has been out since 2006. The book has 513 pages.
We list 3 editions of this book. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780002008235 to find the main one.
Val McDermid has 42 books on our list. 33 of them belong to a series, while 9 stand alone. All 42 are out now. Other books by Val McDermid on file include Silent Bones (2025), Queen Macbeth (2024), Past Lying (2023) and 1989 (2022).
Earlier, The Torment of Others came out in 2004. After it came Beneath the Bleeding in 2007. It is one of 2 Val McDermid books dated 2006. Since then, our list has added 21 more books by Val McDermid.
Val McDermid has 5 series on file, such as Lindsay Gordon, Kate Brannigan and Tony Hill and Carol Jordan. 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.
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780002008235
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780006391593
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780007142859