[Tony Hill & Carol Jordan 04] • The Torment of Others
- Authors
- McDermid, Val
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Paperbacks
- Tags
- mystery , police psychologists , england , policewomen , psychological fiction , fiction , thriller , hill; tony; doctor (fictitious character) , police , jordan; carol; detective chief inspector (fictitious character) , prostitutes , serial murders
- ISBN
- 9780312936099
- Date
- 2004-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.36 MB
- Lang
- en
**Dr. Tony Hill and Detective Chief Inspector Carol Jordan return in the award-winning series that is the basis for the BBC television show.**
In a small grim room, the body of a woman is discovered, panic and pain etched in her face. The scene matches in every detail a series of murders two years ago-murders that ended when irrefutable forensic evidence secured the conviction of a deeply disturbed young man named Derek Tyler.
But there's no way Tyler could have killed the latest victim. He's been locked up in a mental institution since his trial, barely speaking a word. So is there a copycat?
All his years of experience tell top criminal psychologist Dr. Tony Hill that there isn't-but that would make the murders literally impossible. While Hill tries to crack Tyler, DCI Carol Jordan and her team must mount a desperate undercover operation to trap the murderer-a decision that will have terrible consequences.
In *The Torment of* *Others*, Val McDermid keeps the tension mounting, as a mixture of psychological insight and dogged detective work leads inexorably to a terrifying climax where Tony faces one of the most perverse killers he has ever encountered.