Val McDermid

He was a clinical psychologist who specialized in unraveling the motivations of the twisted killers who wanted to express themselves again and again. She was the kind of detective for whom justice matters more than any other considerationIn this short story from the thrilling anthology MatchUp, bestselling authors Val McDermid and Peter Jamesalong with their popular series characters Tony Hill and Roy Graceteam up for the first time ever.

Buy Val McDermids masterful new thriller, 1989, now!___________________The Queen of Crime reigns again with a thrill from HillIndependentNo one can plot or tell a story like she canDaily ExpressThat day, waiting had been almost unbearable. He wanted something more spectacular, something that couldnt be ignored. These deaths needed to make a mark . . . Psychological profiler Tony Hill is trained to see patterns, to decode the mysteries of human behaviour, and when he comes across a series of suicides among women tormented by vicious online predators, he begins to wonder if there is more to these tragedies than meets the eye. Similar circumstances, different deaths. Could it be murder? But what kind of serial killer wants his crimes to stay hidden? Former DCI Carol Jordan has her own demons to confront, but with lives at stake, Tony and Carol begin the hunt for the most dangerous and terrifying kind of killer - someone who has nothing to fear and nothing to lose . . .A gripping, chilling, suspenseful novel from the number one bestseller. ___________________Praise for Val McDermid:It grabs the reader by the throat and never lets goDaily MailSo gripping it puts your life on holdThe TimesAs good a psychological thriller as it is possible to getSunday ExpressOne of todays most accomplished crime writersLiterary ReviewMcDermid remains unrivalledObserverThis is the ninth book in the bestselling Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series.

Terrifying psychological chiller featuring clinical psychologist Tony Hill of The Mermaids Singing and The Wire in the Blood. 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.

Traumatisée par un viol récent, Carol Jordan dirige une nouvelle brigade d'élite où chacun, la sachant fragilisée, met en doute ses capacités. Sa première enquête la conduit à traquer un violeur particulièrement pervers, pour qui rien n'est plus exquis que la souffrance des autres. L'aide de Tony Hill, psychologue profiteur, lui sera indispensable pour démêler une intrigue qui repose sur la manipulation mentale. La reine incontestée du thriller psychologique joue avec nos nerfs dans un suspense démoniaque.

The Number One bestselling crime series featuring Dr Tony Hill, hero of TVs Wire in the Blood. The award-winning Val McDermid is at the height of her powers in this tense masterclass in psychological

The Number One bestselling crime series featuring Dr Tony Hill, hero of TVs Wire in the Blood, written by the award-winning Val McDermid. The hunt for a serial killer leads from Britain through Europe in this terrifying psychological thriller.

The Number One bestselling crime series featuring Tony Hill, hero of TVs Wire in the Blood, written by the award-winning Val McDermid. This is a psychological thriller - and serial killer - that will

The award-winning and Number One bestselling Val McDermid crafts an electrifying psychological suspense thriller that mixes history, heritage and heinous crimes. A 200 year-old-secret is now a matter of life and death. And it could be worth a fortune. It's summer in the Lake District and heavy rain over the fells has uncovered a bizarrely tattooed body. Could it be linked to the old rumour that Fletcher Christian, mutinous First Mate on the Bounty, had secretly returned to England? Scholar Jane Gresham wants to find out. She believes that the Lakeland poet William Wordsworth, a friend of Christian's, may have sheltered the fugitive and turned his tale into an epic poem - which has since disappeared. But as she follows each lead, death is hard on her heels. The centuries-old mystery is putting lives at risk. And it isn't just the truth that is waiting to be discovered, but a bounty worth millions ...

Stephanie Harker franchit les contrôles de sécurité à l'aéroport quand elle voit son fils, devant elle, se faire embarquer par un homme en uniforme. Prise de panique, elle sonne l'alerte. Mais les au

''There were a lot of things that ran in families, but murder wasn''t one of them...''When a teenage joyrider crashes a stolen car, a routine DNA test could be the key to unlocking the mystery of a twenty-year-old murder inquiry. Detective Chief Inspector Karen Pirie is an expert at solving the unsolvable. With each cold case closed, justice is served. So, finding the answer should be straightforward, but it''s as twisted as the DNA helix itself.Meanwhile, Karen finds herself irresistibly drawn to another case, one that she has no business investigating. And as she pieces together decades-old evidence, Karen discovers the most dangerous kind of secrets. Secrets that someone is willing to kill for...Number one bestseller Val McDermid returns with her most atmospheric, spine-chilling and gripping novel to date.

When a body is discovered in the remote depths of the Highlands, DCI Karen Pirie finds herself in the right place at the right time. Unearthed with someone's long-buried inheritance, the victim seems to belong to the distant past - until new evidence suggests otherwise, and Karen is called in to unravel a case where nothing is as it seems.

Une série de suicides attire l'attention du profiler Toni Hill : les défuntes sont toutes des femmes ayant revendiqué leur engagement féministe sur Internet, et elles ont toutes été victimes de cyber harcèlement. Mais ces suicides en sont-ils vraiment ? Quel genre de tueur en série chercherait a camoufler ainsi ses crimes ? Et que signifient les livres de Sylvia Plath et de Virginia Woolf retrouvés a leurs côtés ? L'enquête s'avère vertigineuse et Toni Hill est amené a refaire équipe avec Carol Jordan, encore fragilisée par ses propres démons. Avec l'aide d'une hackeuse de génie, ils se lancent a la poursuite d'un tueur obsessionnel qui n'a plus rien a perdre. Dans Les Suicidées, Val McDermid reforme son duo de choc et signe un polar a vous glacer le sang, aux enjeux plus contemporains que jamais.

Bradfield steht unter Schock. Zuerst wird der Star des Erstliga-Clubs Bradfield Victoria vergiftet. Kurz darauf kommen bei einem Bombenanschlag auf das Fußballstadion Dutzende von Menschen ums Leben. Die Wahnsinnstat eines Terroristen? Oder vielleicht etwas noch Unheimlicheres? Carol Jordan und ihr Major Incident Team (MIT) stehen unter großem Druck, denn die Boulevardpresse wartet mit immer neuen Spekulationen auf und heizt die Stimmung in der Öff entlichkeit an. Aber Dr. Tony Hill liegt nach der Attacke eines Psychopathen, der ihn mit einem Beil schwer verletzte, im Krankenhaus. Als ein zweiter Giftmord geschieht, müssen die beiden alles daransetzen, einen Killer zu stellen, über den sie so gut wie nichts wissen ...

Contains many Dickensian themes poverty desperation fear temptation and the eventual triumph of good in the face of adversity This book features some of the characters such as Oliver himself Who dares to ask for more the tyrannical Bumble the diabolical Fagin the menacing Bill Sikes Nancy and the Artful Dodger

Karen Pirie returns in a thrilling new novel from the internationally bestselling Val McDermid.Edinburgh, haunted by the ghosts of its many writers, is also the cold case beat of DCI Karen Pirie. So she shouldn't be surprised when an author's manuscript appears to be a blueprint for an actual crime.Karen can't ignore the plot's chilling similarities to the unsolved case of an Edinburgh University student who vanished from her own doorstep. The manuscript seems to be the key to unlocking what happened to Lara Hardie, but there's a problem: the author died before he finished it.As Karen digs deeper, she uncovers a spiralling game of betrayal and revenge, where lies are indistinguishable from the truth and with more than one unexpected twist . . .The Queen of Crime Val McDermid is at the top of her game in her most gripping and fiendishly clever case yet.

''You should have been a detective. If there''s one thing the last year has proved, it''s how good you are at finding things out. Not simple things. Hard things. Things that nobody is supposed to be able to find out. Things that are buried so deep nobody even thinks twice about them. The sort of things that turn people''s lives inside out once they''re exposed.'' Meet Tony Hill''s most twisted adversary - a killer with a shopping list of victims, a killer unmoved by youth and innocence, a killer driven by the most perverted of desires. The murder and mutilation of teenager Jennifer Maidment is horrific enough on its own. But it''s not long before Tony realises it''s just the start of a brutal and ruthless campaign that''s targeting an apparently unconnected group of young people. Struggling with the newly-awakened ghosts of his own past and desperate for distraction in his work, Tony battles to find the answers that will give him personal and professional satisfaction in his most testing investigation yet.