The Retribution: (Tony Hill and Carol Jordan, Book 7) - Softcover

Val McDermid

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408703203 ISBN 13: 9781408703205

Publisher: Little, Brown, 2011

Synopsis

A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout:\n\nPraise for Val McDermid \n"I love every word Val McDermid writes. If you haven't discovered her genius yet, you are in for a rare treat."--Harlan Coben \n"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" \n"[McDermid's] work is taut, psychologically complex and so gripping that it puts your life on hold" - "The Times" (UK) \n"McDermid has become a whiz at generating breathless, crosscutting suspense."-- "GQ" \n"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) \n"Val McDermid is one of the bright lights of the mystery field."-- "The Washington Post" \n"One of my favorite authors, Val McDermid is an important writer--witty, never sentimental, taking us through mean streets w Book Description\nThe unforgettable, gripping new Tony Hill and Carol Jordan novel --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About this title

About the Author:

Award-winning crime writer Val McDermid is a top 10 bestseller, translated into more than 30 languages, with over two million copies sold in the UK and over 10 million worldwide. She has written 24 bestselling novels. The Retribution, due to be published in September 2011, will be her 25th. In 2011, Val was the recipient of the Pioneer Award at the 23rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards. In 2010, she was awarded the prestigious CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger. This followed her induction into the Hall of Fame at the ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards in 2009, the same year in which she was elected to an Honorary Fellowship at St Hilda's College, Oxford. She has won many awards internationally, including the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year and the LA Times Book of the Year Award. In 2007, she won The Stonewall Writer of the Year Award. The popular ITV series Wire in the Blood based on McDermid's books and starring Robson Green as Tony Hill ran for an impressive six series. A 3-part ITV drama of Val's A Place of Execution was broadcast in the autumn of 2007 to great critical acclaim and won the 2010 Edgar Award for Best Screenplay. Val was born in Kirkcaldy, a small town in the heart of the Scottish mining community. She graduated in English at St Hilda's College, Oxford before going on to be an award winning journalist for sixteen years. Her first novel was published in 1987. Val is a lifelong Raith Rovers Football Club supporter and at the start of June 2011 was appointed as a Director on the board. Val's other loves in life include walking on the beach, cars and music. She writes full time and divides her time between Cheshire and Northumberland. www.valmcdermid.com

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He got his arm behind the driver’s head and rammed him face first into the steering wheel. After the third sickening crunch, the man finally went limp. Still pumped with adrenaline, he jumped out of the car and hustled round to the driver’s side. When he opened the door, the driver slumped towards the road. Vance squatted down and got one shoulder under his torso.

Vance staggered as far as the hedgerow that bordered the road. Breathing heavily, feeling his heart hammer in his chest, he dumped the driver on to the top bar of a metal field gate, then tipped him over on the far side.

He leaned against the wall for a moment, catching his breath, letting himself recover from the overdose of fight or flight hormones. Then he returned to the car, this time to the driver’s seat.

He couldn t help wondering how long it would take before someone noticed Jason Collins was still on the Therapeutic Community Wing. And Jacko Vance wasn’t. Before they understood that one of the most notorious and prolific serial killers the UK had ever produced was on the loose. And keen to make up for lost time.

This time, his grin lasted a lot longer than a few minutes.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1408703203
• ISBN 13: 9781408703205
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 402