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Part of series: Allie Burns Part 1
Key ideas from the book
- Allie Burns pursues a major story in a male-dominated newsroom.
- Investigative reporting with Danny Sullivan brings the reporters into conflict with powerful people.
- A terrorist threat close to home raises the stakes of Allie’s work.
- The novel presents a thriller set during the Winter of Discontent in 1979.
- Readers interested in journalism and the social and political issues of the period will find those concerns central to the story.
About 1979 by Val McDermid
Set in 1979, during the Winter of Discontent, Val McDermid’s thriller follows Allie Burns as she pursues her first major story in a newsroom where women are few and proving herself means competing with a boys’ club. Fellow reporter Danny Sullivan joins her investigations, which soon bring them into conflict with powerful people.
When Allie uncovers a terrorist threat close to home, she devises a risky plan to make her name. The opening novel in a new thriller series, 1979 will suit readers drawn to crime fiction about investigative journalism, newsroom pressures and the social and political issues of its period.
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