Book description
There is one serial killer who has shaped and defined police profiler
Tony Hill's life. One serial killer whose evil surpasses all others. One
serial killer who has the power to chill him to the bone: Jacko Vance.
And now Jacko is back in Tony's life. Even more twisted and cunning than
ever before, he is focused on wreaking revenge on Tony - and DCI Carol
Jordan - for the years he has spent in prison. Tony doesn't know when
Jacko will strike, or where. All he knows is that Jacko will cause him
to feel fear like he has never known before and devastate his life in
ways he cannot imagine Award-winning crime writer Val McDermid is a
top 10 bestseller, translated into more than 30 languages, with over two
million copies sold in the UK and over 10 million worldwide. She has
written 24 bestselling novels. The Retribution, due to be published in
September 2011, will be her 25th. In 2011, Val was the recipient of the
Pioneer Award at the 23rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards. In 2010, she
was awarded the prestigious CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger. This followed
her induction into the Hall of Fame at the ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards in
2009, the same year in which she was elected to an Honorary Fellowship
at St Hilda's College, Oxford. She has won many awards internationally,
including the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year and the
LA Times Book of the Year Award. In 2007, she won The Stonewall Writer
of the Year Award. The popular ITV series Wire in the Blood based on
McDermid's books and starring Robson Green as Tony Hill ran for an
impressive six series. A 3-part ITV drama of Val's
A Place of Execution
was broadcast in the autumn of 2007 to great critical acclaim and won
the 2010 Edgar Award for Best Screenplay. Val was born in Kirkcaldy, a
small town in the heart of the Scottish mining community. She graduated
in English at St Hilda's College, Oxford before going on to be an award
winning journalist for sixteen years. Her first novel was published in
1987. Val is a lifelong Raith Rovers Football Club supporter and at the
start of June 2011 was appointed as a Director on the board. Val's other
loves in life include walking on the beach, cars and music. She writes
full time and divides her time between Cheshire and Northumberland.
www. valmcdermid. com
