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I received an advanced copy of this novel. I like Val McDermid’s novels. I did not like this one. It is only tangentially a crime novel. It covers everything from LGBTQ; the AIDS crisis; Music; Drug trials; The Fall of the Soviet Union; Stasi; The Berlin Wall; Baader-Meinhof kidnapping; Rupert Murdock; World War II; War crimes and more. I could see the vast amount of research the author did and her attempt to cram it all in using a very loose plot. 1989 is suppose to be a novel not an annual. Too many stories; too many characters; too many plot lines; too much. Allie Burns is a likable character, but her adventures need to be more focused and streamlined. If Ms. McDermid is going to continue with 2009, please use only the events necessary to move the plot along. A talented writer but this novel was too much by half.