Opening with the thoughts of a serial killer and then continuing with short chapters, this quickly draws the reader into the lives of the profiler Tony Hill, the victims, relatives of the victims and the other police officers (interestingly mainly female). Val McDermid certainly knows how to keep the suspense going. The reader becomes caught up with the disturbed thoughts of the psychopathic killer, with the horror and pain of the victims and with the grief of the friends and relatives of the missing persons. She also deals with the difficult relationship between Hill and his ex-partner Carol Jordan. Although the book has many dark and horrific moments, it is also about relationships all of which are believable and some are rewarding. It is a very compulsive read indeed.
#1 bestselling author and queen of psychological suspense Val McDermid takes readers on an exhilarating, terrifying journey into the world of Tony Hill and Carol Jordan in her most accomplished thriller to date.Cross and Burn picks up where Val McDermid's #1 bestseller The Retribution left off: following the best crime-fighting team in the U.K.-clinical psychologist Tony Hill and police detective Carol Jordan. Guilt and grief have driven a wedge between the long-time crime-fighting partners. But just because Tony and Carol aren't talking doesn't mean the killing stops. Someone is killing women, women who bear an unsettling resemblance to Carol Jordan. The connection is too strong to ignore, and soon Tony finds himself dangerously close to the investigation, just as the killer is closing in on his next target. When the evidence begins to point in an unthinkable direction, Tony and Carol are forced to work together as never before, fighting to save not just the victims, but themselves.Val McDermid's work speaks for itself: her books have sold millions of copies worldwide, won numerous accolades and attracted a devoted following of readers around the globe. Cross and Burn is her most brilliant, spine-chilling work to date.
