The Number One bestselling crime series featuring Dr Tony Hill,hero of TV's Wire in the Blood,written by the award-winning Val McDermid. The hunt for a serial killer leads from Britain through Europe in this terrifying psychological thriller.
A twisted killer targeting psychologists has left a grisly trail across Europe.
Dr Tony Hill,expert at mapping the minds of murderers,is reluctant to get involved. But then the next victim is much closer to home...
Meanwhile,his former partner DCI Carol Jordan is working undercover in Berlin,on a dangerous operation to trap a millionaire trafficker. When the game turns nasty,Tony is the only person she can call on for help.
Confronting a cruelty that has its roots in Nazi atrocities,Tony and Carol are thrown together in a world of violence and corruption,where they have no one to trust but each other.
Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersISBN: 9780007344710Number of pages: 608Weight: 430 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 38 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Val McDermid is one of the few crime authors who can be convincing when it comes to'writing tough'yet retain a powerful emotional insight... McDermid is doing something quite extraordinary with the crime fiction suspense thriller'Scotland on Sunday
'This is a hugely ambitious novel,involving three police forces,of which the British seem to be the most Machiavellian'Express
Praise for Val McDermid:
'Val McDermid is a roaring Ferrari amid the crowded traffic on the crime-writing road'Independent
'McDermid has become our leading pathologist of everyday evil... The subtle orchestration of terror is masterful'Guardian
Val McDermid
Often hailed as the modern Queen of Crime,Scottish author Val McDermid's work includes several bestselling series,including the Lindsay Gordon,Kate Brannigan,Inspector Karen Pirie series and the Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series,the first of which,The Mermaids Singing,won the Crime Writers'Association Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the Year. The Hill Jordan series was adapted for the highly successful television drama; Wire in the Blood.
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