The Retribution: 7 - Softcover

McDermid, Val

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0751548103 ISBN 13: 9780751548105

Publisher: Sphere, 2012

Synopsis

There is one serial killer who has shaped and defined police profiler Tony Hill's life. One serial killer whose evil surpasses all others. One serial killer who has the power to chill him to the bone: Jacko Vance. And now Jacko is back in Tony's life. Even more twisted and cunning than ever before, he is focused on wreaking revenge on Tony - and DCI Carol Jordan - for the years he has spent in prison.

Tony doesn't know when Jacko will strike, or where. All he knows is that Jacko will cause him to feel fear like he has never known before - and devastate his life in ways he cannot imagine...

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Review:

Praise for "The Retribution" "Be very afraid as you meet a truly inventive serial killer. Val McDermid's 25th novel is stunningly good, but it comes with a health warning. It is truly disturbing. Not in the sense of too many detailed descriptions of violence or post mortem examinations, but in what she does in entering the mind of a wholly evil, exceptionally inventive serial killer of teenage girls."--"The Times" (UK) "[McDermid's] writing...remains taut and unflinching. In "The Retribution," criminal psychologist Hill and DCI Jordan are back on the trail of Jacko Vance, the charismatic sports and TV star and serial killer of "The Wire in the Blood." He has escaped from prison with a head full of vengeance and heart full of malice. As in all her novels, McDermid creates a brooding tension that allows readers to get close to characters whose lives are about to be ripped apart."--Danuta Kean, "The Independent" (UK) "Val McDermid...has done more to establish the Brit Praise for Val McDermid "I love every word Val McDermid writes. If you haven't discovered her genius yet, you are in for a rare treat."--Harlan Coben "McDermid is as smooth a practitioner of crime fiction as anyone out there. [...] She's the best we've got."--"New York Times Book Review" "[McDermid's] work is taut, psychologically complex and so gripping that it puts your life on hold" - "The Times" (UK) "McDermid has become a whiz at generating breathless, crosscutting suspense."-- "GQ" "Smooth. Confident. Deeply satisfying. What else can you say about McDermid's writing...The Jordan-Hill relationship remains the star of the show... it's a match made in heaven amid hell on earth." -"Entertainment Weekly" (editor's choice) "Val McDermid is one of the bright lights of the mystery field."-- "The Washington Post" "One of my favorite authors, Val McDermid is an important writer--witty, never sentimental, taking us through mean streets w

Book Description:

The unforgettable, gripping new Tony Hill and Carol Jordan novel

About this edition

• Publisher: Sphere
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0751548103
• ISBN 13: 9780751548105
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512