THE WIRE IN THE BLOOD - Softcover

Mcdermid, Val

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1250092965 ISBN 13: 9781250092960

Publisher: Smp, 2002

Synopsis

Across the country, dozens of teenage girls have vanished. Authorities are convinced they're runaways with just the bad luck of the draw to connect them. It's the job of criminal profilers Dr. Tony Hill and Carol Jordan to look for a pattern. They've spent years exploring the psyches of madmen. But sane men kill, too. And when they hide in plain sight, they can be difficult to find...

About this title

From the Publisher:

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE GOLD DAGGER AWARD-WINNING NOVEL THE MERMAIDS SINGING

'Stunningly exciting, horrifyingly good' - Ruth Rendell

'Ye Gods, She's Good' - Colin Dexter

'Terrific chiller from Manchester's answer to Thomas Harris' - Lucretia Stewart, Guardian

About the Author:

Val McDermid was a journalist for sixteen years and is now a full-time writer living in South Manchester. In 1995, she won the Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year. Her novel, A Place of Execution, won a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, was nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel, and named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.

READER BIO
After reading Classics at London University, Michael Tudor Barnes trained at RADA and for five years was a member of the National Theatre Company. He has also worked with the RSC, has played leading roles both home and abroad and has over 600 radio broadcasts to his credit. Television work includes The Bill and Softly, Softly; but he is probably best known to viewers as Willy Roper in EastEnders.

About this edition

• Publisher: Smp
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1250092965
• ISBN 13: 9781250092960
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 526