Pros: Beautiful, immersive, taut mystery with fascinating historical underpinnings Cons: Takes a few pages to get into if you’re lacking the background Rating: 5 out of 5 After reading Val McDermid’s The Torment of Others recently, I was eager…
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"The Grave Tattoo," Val McDermid
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"The Torment of Others," Val McDermid
Pros: Fascinating mystery and characters; taut psychological thriller Cons: Doesn’t pull its grotesque punches Rating: 5 out of 5 A few years ago I discovered and fell absolutely in love with a British mystery TV series called ‘Wire in…
Posted in Reviews Tagged with: fiction, forensics, mystery, police procedural, profiling, psychology, thriller, Tony Hill, Val McDermid