title: Common Murder: The Second Lindsay Gordon Mystery
author:  Val McDermid 
description: Although a self-assured lesbian, London journalist Lindsay Gordon vacillates between supposed happiness with partner Cordelia and intermittent bliss with former lover Deborah. At the Fordham air base, while covering a violent clash between inhabitants of the women's peace camp and members of a local opposition group, Lindsay finds that police have charged Deborah with assault. When someone murders the alleged "victim," Deborah becomes the prime suspect. Consequently, the women ask Lindsay to investigate. McDermid (Crack Down, LJ 11/1/94) creates believable characters, full-bodied prose, and the usual lovelife complications. A good read.<br />Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
zlib_text: Deadline for Murder
  
   _ **THE THIRD LINDSAY GORDON MYSTERY**_
  
   _ **Val Mcdermid**_
  
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  _SCAN NOTES AND PROOFING HISTORY_
  
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   _ **C**_ _ **ONTENTS**_
  
  | _Prologue_|  
  | _1_| _2_| _3_| _4_| _5_| _6_| _7_| _8_| _9_| _10_| _11_| _12_| _13_| _14_|
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  | _Epilogue_|
  
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  > **Spinsters Ink Duluth, Minnesota, USA**
  
  > Deadline for Murder: The Third Lindsay Gordon Mystery
  
  > First published by The Women’s Press Ltd., ©Val McDermid, 1991
  
  > A member of the Namara Group
  
  > 34 Great Sutton Street, London ECIV ODX
  
  > Reprinted 1993
  
  > All rights reserved
  
  > Second edition published in 1997 by Spinsters Ink
  
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  >  **32 E. First St., #330**
  
  >  **Duluth, MN 55802-2002, USA**
  
  > Cover design by Lois Stanfield, LightSource Images
  
  > Production: Helen Dooley, Ryan Petersen, Joan Drury, Kim Riordan, Marian
  > Hunstiger, Amy Strasheim, Hilary Johnson, Liz Tufte, Claire Kirch, Nancy
  > Walker, Lori Loughney
  
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