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The Torment of Others

di Val McDermid

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Serie: Wire in the Blood (4)

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The Number One bestselling crime series featuring Tony Hill, hero of TV's Wire in the Blood, written by the award-winning Val McDermid. This is a psychological thriller - and serial killer - that will keep you up at night. For some, there is nothing so sweet, so thrilling, as the torment of others ... A dead girl lies on a blood-soaked mattress, her limbs spread in a parody of ecstasy. The scene matches a series of murders which ended when irrefutable forensic evidence secured the conviction of one Derek Tyler. But Tyler's been locked up in a mental institution for two years, barely speaking a word - except to say that 'the Voice' told him to do it. Top criminal psychologist Dr Tony Hill is prepared to think the unthinkable - this is not a copycat murder but something much stranger. While DCI Carol Jordan and her team mount a desperate and dangerous undercover police operation to trap the murderer, Hill heads towards a terrifying face-off with one of the most perverse killers he has ever encountered...… (altro)

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Tony Hill Book 4

SueJBeard | Jan 8, 2023 |

Another good addition to Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series. The suspense builds throughout the story as the case progresses. By the end of the book you don't trust anyone because he or she could be the villain. I could not put the book down. (

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nab6215 | Jan 18, 2022 |

I registered a book at BookCrossing.com!
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slojudy | Sep 8, 2020 |

Tony Hill back in action - still the sexual tension, inconvenient-yet-reciprocated attraction between him and DCI Jordon (who is beginning to re-find herself after the traumas from book #4). I had trouble putting this down, losing sleep, staying up far too late to see how Tony & Carol would pull this off yet again.... one of the most enjoyable series, I think.
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kmajort | Feb 9, 2018 |

This is the kind of mystery that is my absolute favourite. It's a police procedural with a psychological underpinning. Carol Jordan has been brought back to Bradfield to head up a major crimes unit in the police. The last job she had involved an undercover assignment that went bad and she was raped which has affected her confidence and judgment. Tony Hill, a psychologist and profiler, has also returned to Bradfield. The two are close but have never had a sexual relationship but now they are sharing a house and working together. The story involves two major crimes. One is a cold case in which two young boys were abducted and never found. The other is a series of gruesome murders for which someone was charged two years ago but the exact same method has now been used to murder two prostitutes. Against her better judgment Carol puts one of her officers on the street to try to lure the killer and trap him. But the undercover operation goes terribly wrong and the officer is abducted. At the same time, the cold case has caught a break and the bodies of the two boys have been found. The perpetrator is one of a few people but, although he was in police custody, he is mistakenly released. The suspense builds until the very end.

Carol and Tony and all of the major characters are well-developed with human frailties. The writing is crisp and the conclusion is believable.

Do Carol and Tony finally get together? Read the book to find out. (

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gypsysmom | Aug 11, 2017 |

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Nome dell'autore	Ruolo	Tipo di autore	Opera?	Stato
Val McDermid	—	autore primario	tutte le edizioni	calcolato
Doyle, Gerard	Narratore	autore secondario	alcune edizioni	confermato
Lee, Will	Immagine di copertina	autore secondario	alcune edizioni	confermato
Reichlin, Saul	Narratore	autore secondario	alcune edizioni	confermato

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Wire in the Blood (4)

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St. Martin's Minotaur Mysteries

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The Mermaids Singing | The Wire in the Blood | The Last Temptation | The Torment of Others di Val McDermid

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The Torment of Others | The Mermaids Singing di Val McDermid

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Crime Writers' Association Awards (Lista breve – Gold/Silver Dagger – 2004)

Theakstons Old Peculier Prize (Vincitore – 2006)

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Torment of Others

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2005-05

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Tony Hill (Dr)

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Bradfield, England, UK

Bradfield Moor Secure Hospital

Temple Fields, Bradfield

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But the torment of others remains an experience/
Unqualified, unworn by subsequent attrition./
People change, and smile: but the agony abides.
TS Eliot, 'The Dry Salvages', Four Quartets

All torment, trouble, wonder and amazement/ Inhabits here. Some heavenly power guide us/ Out of this fearful country!William Shakespeare, The Tempest

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Just because you hear voices, it doesn't mean you're mad.

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The Number One bestselling crime series featuring Tony Hill, hero of TV's Wire in the Blood, written by the award-winning Val McDermid. This is a psychological thriller - and serial killer - that will keep you up at night. For some, there is nothing so sweet, so thrilling, as the torment of others ... A dead girl lies on a blood-soaked mattress, her limbs spread in a parody of ecstasy. The scene matches a series of murders which ended when irrefutable forensic evidence secured the conviction of one Derek Tyler. But Tyler's been locked up in a mental institution for two years, barely speaking a word - except to say that 'the Voice' told him to do it. Top criminal psychologist Dr Tony Hill is prepared to think the unthinkable - this is not a copycat murder but something much stranger. While DCI Carol Jordan and her team mount a desperate and dangerous undercover police operation to trap the murderer, Hill heads towards a terrifying face-off with one of the most perverse killers he has ever encountered...

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