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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN num: 9780312983659
ISBN number: 0312983654
Label: St. Martin's Minotaur
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Minotaur
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 528
Printing Date: July 07, 2002
Publishing house: St. Martin's Minotaur
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Across the country, dozens of teenage girls have vanished. Authorities are convinced they're runaways with just the bad luck of the draw to connect them. It's the job of criminal profilers Dr. Tony Hill and Carol Jordan to look for a pattern. They've spent years exploring the psyches of madmen. But sane men kill, too. And when they hide in plain sight, they can be difficult to find...
He's handsome and talented, rich and famous--a notorious charmer with the power to seduce...and the will to destroy. No one can believe what he's capable of. No one can imagine what he's already done. And no one can fathom what he's about to do next. Until one of Hill's students is murdered--the very first move in a sick and violent game for three players. Now, of all the killers Hill and Jordan have hunted, none has been so ruthless, so terrifyingly clever, and so brilliantly elusive as the killer who's hunting them...
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I didn't like this book as much as I like the rest of them in the series, primarily because the killer's identity is revealed right at the beginning. It is an interesting storyline and McDermid's writing is easy to follow, but I missed the whodunit suspense.
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I agree with those above who praise Val in general and this book specifically. It is one of the best crime/mystery series that I have stumbled across. What I would like to focus on with this review though is what I think of this specific edition released in hard bound by Poisoned Pen Press. It is hard-bound wrapped in Red Morroccan Leather and marbled front and back boards and covered with a clearsleave for protection. it is a limited edition of 300 each numbered and signed by the author. Also, it has a forward written by Michael Connelly and is signed by him as well. It is truly an amazing edition and a must have for the die hard McDermid collector.
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I happen to love British mysteries. I read the books & have followed some mystery series on BBCA. Wire in The Blood was part of a series & I made sure I was home to see it every week. The book fleshed out the characters with whom I was familiar, but it also is more comprehensive than any TV show or movie can hope to be. It has a complicated plot (or in this case we should say plots) that keeps you reading when you ought to be doing chores or maybe hitting the sack. I kept making time to read another bit.
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One of the best current mystery series! I bought all three books in the series and the DVD. Now, I can not wait for the subsequent one.
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As I've noted in other reviews, I think Val McDermid is a talented writer, her books surpassing much that is currently being produced in the crime/horror/procedural genre. The Wire in the Blood is also well written, with a compelling plot, credible characterization, and a smarmy, creepy narcissist for a villain. I enjoyed the book and read it quickly to reach the dramatic conclusion. There are descriptions of sadistic violence, but for the fairly squeamish reader that I am, they were bearable. The one problem I see, and this is just my opinion, is that the protagonist, Tony Hill, is just a bit too cool and too clever, in some ways just as plasticky smooth as the killer. Not a hero who's easy to warm up to, despite his post-traumatic sexual problems. Fortunately, Carol Jordan's persona is competent but still fallible, easier for the reader to relate with.
Wire in the Blood is a good, gripping psychological thriller and while Tony Hill could be more likeable, this doesn't detract from the value of the story.
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