Published by Minotaur Books, 1 September 2002. ISBN:
978-0-31229089-4 (HB)
While Tony Hill has taken an academic position in Scotland, DCI Carol
Jordan is pursuing her career in the police force. When she applies for the job of European Liaison
Officer with NCIS. She finds herself being interviewed for an undercover operation
which leads her to seek help from Tony. They agree to meet for the first time
in two years. After her call Tony stood motionless, he’d never really believed
Carol was consigned to his past.
Carol’s undercover job
takes her to Germany where she insinuates herself into the confidence of one
Tadeusz Radecki, who is involved in drugs and illegal immigrants. Her contact is Petra Becker of the German CID.
Petra is unofficially exchanging information with Marijke, an officer with the
Dutch police. Both officers are convinced that a serial killer is operating in
both of their countries targeting psychologists. What they need is a profiler.
When Tony agrees to come to Germany, Carol is initially surprised, but Tony has
his own reasons.
As with previous books
in this series, we are privy to the mind of the serial killer, but in this book,
not his identity. The background from which his psychosis stems stretch’s back
to Nazi Germany, and the descriptions of his torment are harrowing and
disturbing.
McDermid maintains the
tempo on the two separate cases through the book to a double gripping climax. ------ Reviewer: Lizzie Hayes
Val
McDermid grew up in Kirkcaldy on the East Coast of Scotland. She read English at St Hilda’s
College, Oxford.
She worked on national newspapers in Glasgow and
Manchester,
ending up as Northern Bureau Chief of a national Sunday tabloid. Val’s first
book Report for Murder
was published in 1984, In 1991 she gave up the day job and has been
making my living by writing ever since. She was the Manchester Evening News
crime reviewer for four years. She also writes occasional journalism and
broadcasts regularly on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio Scotland.
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