The Last Temptation (Tony Hill and Carol Jordan, Book 3)

The Last Temptation (Tony Hill and Carol Jordan, Book 3)

by ValMcDermid (Author)

Synopsis

Terrifying psychological chiller featuring clinical psychologist Tony Hill of The Mermaids Singing and Wire in the Blood. 'There is no one in contemporary crime fiction who has managed to combine the visceral and the humane as well as Val McDermid ...She's the best we've got' New York Times 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 traffiker. 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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Edition: paperback / softback
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 03 Feb 2003

ISBN 10: 0007796412
ISBN 13: 9780006514190

Media Reviews
'The plotting is impeccable, the atmosphere palpable, and I doubt that it will be surpassed this year' Graham Caveney, Sunday Express 'A scary, disturbing, exciting and atmospheric white-knuckle read' Marcel Berlins, The Times 'Val McDermid's best yet... This is essential reading' Peter Guttridge, Observer 'McDermid has become our leading pathologist of everyday evil, and she both thrills and scares in this tale of celebrity stalking with a difference ... The subtle orchestration of terror is masterful' Maxim Jakubowski, Guardian
Author Bio
Val McDermid grew up in a Scottish mining community and then read English at Oxford. She was a journalist for sixteen years, spending the last three as Northern Bureau Chief of a national Sunday tabloid. She is now a full-time writer and divides her time between Cheshire and Northumberland.