Book description
The Number One bestselling, award-winning Queen of crime fiction Val
McDermid delivers a searing psychological suspense thriller. A serial
killer is on the loose. His victims? Crime writers…
A murderer is at large, hunting with a bloodlust that shatters all the
conventional wisdom on how serial killers operate.
Professor Fiona Cameron is a psychologist who uses computer technology
to track serial offenders. She vowed never to work for the Met again
after they went against her advice and screwed up an investigation as a
result. But when her lover, thriller writer Kit Martin, tells her a
fellow crime novelist has been murdered, Fiona can't help taking an interest.
With the killer striking again, Fiona is caught in a race against time,
not only to save a life, but to bring herself redemption, both personal
and professional. 'She is the real mistress of psychological gripping
thrillers; no-one can plot or tell a story like she can. The hairs on my
neck literally stood up' Express
'McDermid has become our leading pathologist of everyday evil… The
subtle orchestration of terror is masterful' Guardian
'Dark, clever and timely' Scotland on Sunday
Praise for Val McDermid:
'Val McDermid is a roaring Ferrari amid the crowded traffic on the
crime-writing road' Independent
'Manchester's answer to Thomas Harris' Guardian Val McDermid grew up
in a Scottish mining community then read English at Oxford. She was a
journalist for sixteen years, spending the last three years as Northern
Bureau Chief of a national Sunday tabloid. Now a full-time writer, she
divides her time between Cheshire and Northumberland. Her novels have
won international acclaim and a number of prestigious awards, including
the Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year, the Anthony Award for
best novel, and the Los Angeles Times Book of the Year Award. Her
thriller series featuring criminal profiler Tony Hill has been adapted
into the much-loved TV series Wire in the Blood.
