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Like so many things, this could’ve been better with Charlize Theron in it

1989 (Allie Burns #2) by Val McDermid

April 22, 2025 by Zirza Leave a Comment

The year is 1989, and journalist Allie Burns isn’t enjoying life. She’s moved from Scotland to Manchester with her girlfriend and fellow journalist Rona. The newspaper she works for has been bought by a media magnate named Ace Lockhart (named in the novel as Rupert Murdoch’s main competitor but for all intents and purposes, he is Rupert Murdoch), which means than rather than write the well-researched think pieces Allie used to do, she is now chasing juicy athlete divorce stories and covering disasters like the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: 1980s in fiction, Allie Burns, Berlin, Val McDermid

Zirza's CBR17 Review No:21 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: 1980s in fiction, Allie Burns, Berlin, Val McDermid ·
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