"The Mermaids Singing" by Val McDermid
ISBN: 0007143125
You always remember the first time. Isn't that what they say about sex? How much more true it is of murder...Up till now, the only serial killers Tony Hill had encountered were safely behind bars. This one's different -- this one's on the loose. In the northern UK town of Bradfield four men have been found mutilated and tortured. Fear grips the city; no man feels safe. Clinical psychologist Tony Hill is brought in to profile the killer. A man with more than enough sexual problems of his own, Tony himself becomes the unsuspecting target in a battle of wits and wills where he has to use every ounce of his professional nerve to survive. A tense, brilliantly written psychological thriller, The Mermaids Singing explores the tormented mind of a serial killer unlike any the world of fiction has ever seen.
The first book adapted into TV's popular "Wire in the Blood" series featuring clinical pyschologist Tony Hill and DI Carol Jordan. If anyone has seen this first episode on TV - reading the book is far far better! It is a real page-turner from beginning to end, as Val McDermid has the ability to get inside the mind of a sick and twisted killer. Unputdownable by far! And if you enjoy this one, then I recommend the following three in the same series - "The Wire in the Blood", "The Last Temptation" and "The Torment of Others". McDermid also has stand-alone thrillers of the same calibre always worth a read.
Submitted by Christina aka Stina
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