The Wire in the Blood

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Even if you've watched the TV series this is worth a read - Rated
This is the second of Val McDermid's Tony Hill novels. Hill has been asked to head up a Profiling Task Force, where young and talented officers will be taught profiling skills under his watchful eye. A routine classroom exercise results in one of the officers being murdered and Hill reunites with his friend and past partner, Carol Jordan.

I had watched the TV series before I came to this book and was a little hesitant, knowing that I already knew who the murderer was. However, I would still say that this book deserves a read. It is very well paced, the characters are interesting and rather than revealing the murderer at the end, we witness them carry out their crimes learning more about their motivations. The plot turns are also slightly different to those of the TV show, which kept it interesting for me!

Very enjoyable and well written. Recommended.

Great read - Rated
I picked up this book at my local bookshop more for its synopsis that a knowledge of Val's previous writing and I have to say that I wasn't disappointed. The story is gripping with the reader gaining the perspective of both the killer and the detectives as the search is on for the latest victim. I couldn't put this book down but i was a little disappointed with the open ending.

Looking now at the glowing recommendations of Val's other books, I for one will certainly be buying them!

Happy reader - Rated
I prefer to read than write, so simply put ,an excellent work.
Val McDermid does it YET again!
All in my household who have read this have been impressed.
THEY ARE NOT easily pleased.
A very worthwhile buy!

Great but slightly disappointing - Rated
This is the second in the series of Psychologist,Tony Hill and DCI Carol Jordan.
Tony and Carol are joined together on the hunt of a serial killer who also murders one of Tony's own team.
I found this a great,psychological chiller that captures the deviant mind of a killer but was slightly disappointed in the fact that the killer is known to the reader from the very beginning (I prefer to be kept guessing on who the killer is until the end).

Ambitious but lacking - Rated
Whilst not without ambition, this is a disappointing book because McDermid stretches credibility a little too thinly, the will-they-won't-they thing between Hill and Jordan lacks the spark to be interesting and there's just too much sign-posting going on for the tension to kick in. Not one that I'd particularly recommend, unless you really want to see where The Wire In The Blood Series is going.