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When Charlie Flint is sent a mysterious package of cuttings about a brutal murder, it instantly grabs her attention. The murder occurred in the grounds of her old Oxford college - a groom battered to death just hours after his wedding. As his bride and wedding guests sipped champagne, his alleged killers were slipping his bloodstained body into the river. Charlie doesn't know who sent the package, or why, yet she can't get the crime out of her head. But as she delves deeper, and steps back into the mysterious world of Oxford colleges, she realises that there is much more to this crime than meets the eye...

'You should have been a detective. If there's one thing the last year has proved, it's how good you are at finding things out. Not simple things. Hard things. Things that nobody is supposed to be able to find out. Things that are buried so deep nobody even thinks twice about them. The sort of things that turn people's lives inside out once they're exposed.' Meet Tony Hill's most twisted adversary - a killer with a shopping list of victims, a killer unmoved by youth and innocence, a killer driven by the most perverted of desires. The murder and mutilation of teenager Jennifer Maidment is horrific enough on its own. But it's not long before Tony realises it's just the start of a brutal and ruthless campaign that's targeting an apparently unconnected group of young people. Struggling with the newly-awakened ghosts of his own past and desperate for distraction in his work, Tony battles to find the answers that will give him personal and professional satisfaction in his most testing investigation yet.

The first novel in the bestselling Karen Pirie series The award-winning Number One bestseller and Queen of crime fiction Val McDermid carves out a stunning psychological thriller. The past is behind them, but whats still to come will tear them apart...

The stunning first novel in the Kate Brannigan series, from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Val McDermid. This is crime writing of the very highest order The Times

The third stunning thriller in the Kate Brannigan series, from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Val McDermid. This is crime writing of the very highest order The Times

The fourth riveting thriller in the Kate Brannigan series, from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Val McDermid. The Queen of Crime is still at the top of her game Independent

A riveting Kate Brannigan thriller, from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Val McDermid. Val McDermid remains unrivalled Observer

The second gripping thriller in the Kate Brannigan series, from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Val McDermid. No one can plot or tell a story like McDermid Express

The ferociously readable, #1 bestselling crime thriller that led to the much-loved ITV show...

A gripping Kate Brannigan thriller, from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Val McDermid. Val McDermid remains unrivalled Observer

There is one serial killer who has shaped and defined police profiler Tony Hill's life. One serial killer whose evil surpasses all others. One serial killer who has the power to chill him to the bone: Jacko Vance. And now Jacko is back in Tony's life. Even more twisted and cunning than ever before, he is focused on wreaking revenge on Tony - and DCI Carol Jordan - for the years he has spent in prison. Tony doesn't know when Jacko will strike, or where. All he knows is that Jacko will cause him to feel fear like he has never known before ? and devastate his life in ways he cannot imagine...

Grièvement blessé par un dément, le profileur Tony Hill doit en sus affronter la rapacité de sa redoutable mère, tandis que Carol Jordan est chargée d'élucider une série de mystérieux empoisonnements. La première victime, vedette du football-club de Bradfield, déchaîne l'hystérie des foules. Quelque temps plus tard une bombe explose un jour de match... Des terroristes ? Malgré sa faiblesse, seul Tony Hill sera capable de faire le lien entre ces affaires apparemment distinctes. Étonnamment excitant, horriblement bon. Ruth Rendell

Someone is brutally killing women. Women who bear a striking resemblance to former DCI Carol Jordan. The connection is too strong to ignore and soon psychological profiler Tony Hill finds himself dangerously close to the investigation, just as the killer is closing in on his next target. This is a killer like no other, hell-bent on inflicting the most severe and grotesque punishment on his prey. As the case becomes ever-more complex and boundaries begin to blur, Tony and Carol must work together once more to try and save the victims, and themselves. Breathless, gripping and thrilling -- the Queen of the Psychological Thriller is back with her most spine-chilling novel to date. The perfect introduction to the unforgettable world of Tony Hill and Carol Jordan.