First it has to be said that Val McDermid is the author of 22 bestselling novels, translated into 30 languages, selling over 10 million copies, and won many awards internationally. She was inducted into the ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards Hall of Fame in 2009 and has for many of those novels thrilled many of her fans.
The Fever of the Bone
is the latest and to my mind one of her best. I read it in one sitting or should I say sitting and laying as I read late into the night completely enthralled.
The Reviews – ‘So gripping that it puts your life on hold’ The Times ‘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’ Jenni Murray, Daily Express ‘McDermid’
remains unrivalled at yoking chilling scenarios to a pulsing narrative; and Hill’s torment is palpable in this scary, dark thriller. Brilliant’ Observer ‘Everything a great detective novel should be: pacy, gripping, clever and stylish and, most of all, a fantastic read’ Sunday Express ‘Another cracker in the Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series from the most imaginative creator of serial killers we have’ Daily Mail ‘Gripping, well-written, nail-biting stuff’ Waterstone’s Books Quarterly ‘One of our finest crime writers’ The Times ‘A moving novel, not just a gripping one’ Financial Times ‘As good a psychological thriller as it is possible to get’ Sunday Express ‘McDermid’s’ mastery of this genre is evident, particularly in her dialogue, in which there is rarely a false note’ TLS ‘McDermid’s’ books are getting better and better…an absorbing novel of character’ Literary Review ‘…reminds us just how finely plotted and intelligently written McDermid’s novels are. More please – and soon’ Irish Times – - Do not begin to tell half of the story.
The Cases being investigated by DCI Carol Jordan and her elite investigation unit in The Fever of the Bone
- despite the obstacles put in her way by a replacement Chief Constable who wants to remove Tony Hill from the Bradfield police force. Soon however their talents are called upon in the case of a serial killer case who after much preparation and grooming of young teenagers on an Internet site, has just started to gather his victims and murder them, his motives as always with McDermid a complete mystery. With Tony Hill having to concentrate on his tortured personal life Carol Jordan and her team of fanatical specialists are even more more creative than ever.
McDermid’s writing makes this compelling reading. Added to all that, you have the lives of the officers, specialists and profilers. This wide cast of characters and what turns out to be a different serial killer angle are all brought together by McDermid with apparent effortless ease. The investigators may be frustratingly slower than the reader to make the connections and work out the identity of the killer, but that only adds to the tension in a terrific crime novel.
Val McDermid – The Fever of the Bone
Philip
P.S. Don’t think about it. Its BRILLIANT. BUY The Fever of the Bone NOW
P.P.S
For Tony and Carol Fans…… Wait for the very last page …… It may be what you have been waiting for… Or it may not??
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