Winter: The Story of a Season by McDermid, Val
Winter: The Story of a Season by McDermid, Val

Winter: The Story of a Season

"The perfect little book to get you through winter's doldrums . . . a warm look at...
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Author: Val McDermid
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Winter: The Story of a Season by McDermid, Val

Winter: The Story of a Season

$72.99 $37.71
Winter: The Story of a Season by McDermid, Val

Winter: The Story of a Season

$72.99 $37.71
Author: Val McDermid
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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"The perfect little book to get you through winter's doldrums . . . a warm look at a dark time."--Washington Post

In this radiant work of creative nonfiction, internationally beloved novelist Val McDermid delivers a dazzling ode to a lost world, ruminating on a single winter in her life as she journeys into the heart of the season's ever-evolving community-based traditions

Val McDermid has always had a soft spot for winter: the bitter clarity of a crisp cold day, the crunch of frost on fallen leaves, and the chance to be enveloped in big jumpers and thick socks.

In Winter, McDermid takes us on an adventure through the season, from the frosty streets of Edinburgh to the windblown Scottish coast, from Bonfire Night and Christmas to Burns Night and Up Helly Aa. Recalling in parallel memories from her own childhood--of skating over frozen lakes and carving a "neep" (rutabaga) for Halloween to being taken to see her first real Christmas tree in the town square--McDermid offers a wise and enchanting meditation on winter and its ever-changing, sometimes ephemeral, traditions.

A hygge-filled journey through winter nights, McDermid reminds us that it is a time of rest, retreat and creativity, for scribbling in notebooks and settling in beside the fire. A treat for the hunkering-down, post-holiday reading season, Winter is a charming and cozy celebration of the year's idle months from one of Scotland's best-loved writers.



Author: Val McDermid
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Published: 01/13/2026
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.35h x 5.35w x 0.71d
ISBN: 9780802167811


Review Citation(s):
Shelf Awareness 01/01/0001
Publishers Weekly 10/20/2025
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2025
Booklist 12/01/2025

About the Author
Val McDermid's bestselling novels have won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller, and the Crime Writers' Association's Gold Dagger and Cartier Diamond Award for outstanding achievement. The Karen Pirie novels have been adapted into an Edgar Award-nominated ITV/BritBox show. She is also a five-time finalist for the Edgar Award, including Fact Crime nominee Forensics and most recently the Sue Grafton Memorial Award nominee Past Lying. She lives in Scotland.
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