The Wire in the Blood (Dr. Tony Hill and Carol Jordan Mysteries) by Val McDermid |
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A serial killer and a pedophile overtax the Bradfield Metropolitan Police. Detective Chief Inspector Carol Jordan, returning to work after her rape seven months ago, heads a Major Incident Team that includes one closeted and one declared lesbian, one man promoted beyond his abilities, another so competitive he snoops through co-workers' garbage, one by-the-book copper and the obligatory computer whiz. Profiler Dr. Tony Hill, who loves the sexually frozen Jones, helps the team track down (1) two missing boys presumed dead at the hands of a pedophile and (2) the copycat killer of two prostitutes whose signature matches that of Derek Tyler, a nutter sequestered in Bradfield Moor Secure Hospital. While they canvass the working girls' neighborhood and roam Internet child-porn sites for glimpses of the vanished boys, Hill grapples with the voice that apparently instructed Tyler to kill. Several unconvincing red herrings, including hospital director Aidan Hart, fall under suspicion. To entice the serial killer, Det. Paula McIntyre goes undercover as a prostitute, almost ending her life and Jones's career. The team and Hill effect a last-minute rescue, but Det. Insp. Don Merrick is less fortunate in his confrontation with the child molester in the wilds of Scotland. Hypnotic mind-control, sexual trauma overcome by a roll in bed with a good-looking hunk, and dead ends jump-started by fortuitous computer photos make McDermid's latest exercise in serial murder (The Distant Echo, 2003, etc.) less than compelling. (Kirkus Reviews)
DCI Carol Jordan makes a sensational comeback, supervising a crack team of officers to deal with serious crime. They start off reworking an old case, two missing boys, presumed dead. Fresh evidence emerges and hopes are raised for a break through. Then a prostitute is found murdered in a seedy hotel; bound and gagged, her death was lingering and painful. Dr Tony Hill, expert criminal profiler is brought in to assist and he soon finds puzzling similarities with an older case. But the perpetrator, Derek Tyler is secure in a mental institution. So who's killing the pros in Temple fields? After another victim is discovered, Carol is forced to mount an undercover operation, using one of her own officers as a lure. The devastating results cause even more complications and it becomes obvious that Bradfield police are dealing with a merciless killer, able to anticipate their every move. With a brilliant, labyrinthine plot, this is utterly compelling reading with a stunning climax - you'll be hooked from page one. (Kirkus UK)
Praise for Val McDermid 'McDermid's capacity to enter the warped mind of a deviant criminal is shiveringly convincing' The TimesPraise for The Distant Echo 'A real page-turner and another McDermid triumph' Observer'A powerful story of murder and revenge... an exciting page-turner' Sunday Telegraph'McDermid's plot is a classic... Impeccable' GuardianPraise for The Last Temptation: 'Val McDermid's best yet... This is essential reading' Observer'A scary, disturbing, exciting and atmospheric white-knuckle read' The TimesPraise for The Last Temptation: 'Val McDermid's best yet... This is essential reading' Peter Guttridge, Observer'A scary, distrurbing, exciting and atmospheric white-knuckle read' The TimesPraise for Killing the Shadows: There is no one in contemporary crime fiction who has managed to combine the visceral and the humane as well as Val McDermid ... ' New York Times'Good pace, enough blood to make us feel that murder is far from cold and clinical, and, best of all, characters you believe in' Maeve Binchy, Mail on SundayPraise for Val McDermid 'McDermid's capacity to enter the warped mind of a deviant criminal is shiveringly convincing' Marcel Berlins, The Times'Manchester's answer to Thomas Harris' Guardian
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Stunning new psychological thriller featuring Tony Hill, hero of The Wire in the Blood, from one of Britain's bestselling novelists: 'Val McDermid has become our leading pathologist of everyday evil...The subtle orchestration of terror is masterful' Guardian Clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill and Detective Chief Inspector Carol Jordan face the toughest challenge of their careers when they are confronted with an 'impossible' series of murders. Back in Bradfield after her traumatic experiences in Berlin, Carol is surprised to find Tony has followed her there to take up a post in the local secure mental hospital. When a prostitute is murdered in a particularly grotesque and stomach-churning way, she turns to him for help. Bizarrely, this killing matches in every detail a series of murders that took place a couple of years previously. A series of murders for which Derek Tyler was tried, convicted and sentenced. There has never been any doubt about his guilt. But now the ghost of his crimes has risen again. A second prostitute murder soon follows and the team are struggling. While Tony tries to crack Tyler, the police decide to mount an undercover operation that goes horribly wrong.
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A serial killer and a pedophile overtax the Bradfield Metropolitan Police. Detective Chief Inspector Carol Jordan, returning to work after her rape seven months ago, heads a Major Incident Team that includes one closeted and one declared lesbian, one man promoted beyond his abilities, another so competitive he snoops through co-workers' garbage, one by-the-book copper and the obligatory computer whiz. Profiler Dr. Tony Hill, who loves the sexually frozen Jones, helps the team track down (1) two missing boys presumed dead at the hands of a pedophile and (2) the copycat killer of two prostitutes whose signature matches that of Derek Tyler, a nutter sequestered in Bradfield Moor Secure Hospital. While they canvass the working girls' neighborhood and roam Internet child-porn sites for glimpses of the vanished boys, Hill grapples with the voice that apparently instructed Tyler to kill. Several unconvincing red herrings, including hospital director Aidan Hart, fall under suspicion. To entice the serial killer, Det. Paula McIntyre goes undercover as a prostitute, almost ending her life and Jones's career. The team and Hill effect a last-minute rescue, but Det. Insp. Don Merrick is less fortunate in his confrontation with the child molester in the wilds of Scotland. Hypnotic mind-control, sexual trauma overcome by a roll in bed with a good-looking hunk, and dead ends jump-started by fortuitous computer photos make McDermid's latest exercise in serial murder (The Distant Echo, 2003, etc.) less than compelling. (Kirkus Reviews)
DCI Carol Jordan makes a sensational comeback, supervising a crack team of officers to deal with serious crime. They start off reworking an old case, two missing boys, presumed dead. Fresh evidence emerges and hopes are raised for a break through. Then a prostitute is found murdered in a seedy hotel; bound and gagged, her death was lingering and painful. Dr Tony Hill, expert criminal profiler is brought in to assist and he soon finds puzzling similarities with an older case. But the perpetrator, Derek Tyler is secure in a mental institution. So who's killing the pros in Temple fields? After another victim is discovered, Carol is forced to mount an undercover operation, using one of her own officers as a lure. The devastating results cause even more complications and it becomes obvious that Bradfield police are dealing with a merciless killer, able to anticipate their every move. With a brilliant, labyrinthine plot, this is utterly compelling reading with a stunning climax - you'll be hooked from page one. (Kirkus UK)
Praise for Val McDermid 'McDermid's capacity to enter the warped mind of a deviant criminal is shiveringly convincing' The TimesPraise for The Distant Echo 'A real page-turner and another McDermid triumph' Observer'A powerful story of murder and revenge... an exciting page-turner' Sunday Telegraph'McDermid's plot is a classic... Impeccable' GuardianPraise for The Last Temptation: 'Val McDermid's best yet... This is essential reading' Observer'A scary, disturbing, exciting and atmospheric white-knuckle read' The TimesPraise for The Last Temptation: 'Val McDermid's best yet... This is essential reading' Peter Guttridge, Observer'A scary, distrurbing, exciting and atmospheric white-knuckle read' The TimesPraise for Killing the Shadows: There is no one in contemporary crime fiction who has managed to combine the visceral and the humane as well as Val McDermid ... ' New York Times'Good pace, enough blood to make us feel that murder is far from cold and clinical, and, best of all, characters you believe in' Maeve Binchy, Mail on SundayPraise for Val McDermid 'McDermid's capacity to enter the warped mind of a deviant criminal is shiveringly convincing' Marcel Berlins, The Times'Manchester's answer to Thomas Harris' Guardian
Product Description
Stunning new psychological thriller featuring Tony Hill, hero of The Wire in the Blood, from one of Britain's bestselling novelists: 'Val McDermid has become our leading pathologist of everyday evil...The subtle orchestration of terror is masterful' Guardian Clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill and Detective Chief Inspector Carol Jordan face the toughest challenge of their careers when they are confronted with an 'impossible' series of murders. Back in Bradfield after her traumatic experiences in Berlin, Carol is surprised to find Tony has followed her there to take up a post in the local secure mental hospital. When a prostitute is murdered in a particularly grotesque and stomach-churning way, she turns to him for help. Bizarrely, this killing matches in every detail a series of murders that took place a couple of years previously. A series of murders for which Derek Tyler was tried, convicted and sentenced. There has never been any doubt about his guilt. But now the ghost of his crimes has risen again. A second prostitute murder soon follows and the team are struggling. While Tony tries to crack Tyler, the police decide to mount an undercover operation that goes horribly wrong.
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