"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
Scottish writer Val McDermid is one of the most respected authors at the scene of the crime, and Fever of the Bone offers a bravura display of her exceptional storytelling talents. Criminal profiler Tony Hill and his ally Detective Chief Inspector Carol Jordan are back in this terrifying psychological thriller, tracking down a brutal killer who's targeting a group of young people through a social networking site. A winner of the Gold Dagger Award, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and an Edgar(R) Award nominee--a New York Times Notable author whose writing Entertainment Weekly calls, "smooth, confident, deeply satisfying,"--Val McDermid is a crime fiction force of nature. And Fever of the Bone is among her best.
About the Author :
VAL McDERMID is the internationally bestselling author of more than twenty crime novels. She has won the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; her novels have been selected as New York Times Notable Books and have been Edgar Award finalists. She was the 2010 recipient of the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Crime Writing. More than 10 million copies of her books have been sold around the world. She lives in the north of England. Visit her website at www.valmcdermid.com.
Review :
"As good a psychological thriller as it is possible to get. . . . FEVER OF THE BONE is everything a great detective novel should be: pacey, gripping, clever and stylish and, most of all, a fantastic read." - Sunday Express
"Another cracker in the Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series from the most imaginative creator of serial killers we have. . . . McDermid's killers and their motives are always scarily plausible and the relationship between Tony and Carol continues to intrigue." - Daily Mail (London)
"McDermid is especially good at serving up a mix of hi-tech and old-fashioned coppering, as well as showing how proximity to extreme brutality can take its toll on even the toughest police officer." - The Guardian
"If you believe that every patch of ground comes with its own story, then Val McDermid is the storyteller for you. . . . Ingenious." - New York Times Book Review, in praise of The Grave Tattoo
"McDermid is unusual in her abilility to keep the suspense high while constructing social mysteries that are far-ranging in their implications. . . . McDermid brings to her mysteries an unusual capacity for compassion, both for victims and for the detectives whose lives are shattered tracking down the killers." - Publishers Weekly (starred review), in praise of The Torment of Others
"Smooth. Confident. Deeply satisfying. What else can you say about McDermid's writing." - Entertainment Weekly (editor's choice), in praise of The Torment of Others
