Product Description

A taut psychological thriller from the bestselling author behind the popular Wire in the Blood TV series When career criminal Jack Farlowe's body is found washed-up on a Suffolk shore, it looks to the police like a clear-cut case. Broken-hearted at his daughter's death, he has drowned himself -- good riddance and one less crime to solve, according to CID. Then again, maybe not. For, one by one, Farlowe's enemies are being killed. And the horrific manner of their deaths makes drowning look like a day at the beach!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #72937 in Books
• Published on: 2006-05-18
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Review
'No one compares to McDermid! Manchester's answer to Thomas Harris' Guardian 'Val McDermid is a roaring Ferrari amid the crowded traffic on the crime-writing road' Independent 'McDermid's capacity to enter the warped mind of a deviant criminal is shiveringly convincing' The Times

About the Author
Val McDermid grew up in a Scottish mining community then read English at Oxford. She was a journalist for sixteen years, spending the last three as Northern Bureau Chief of a national Sunday tabloid. She divides her time between Northumberland and Cheshire

Customer Reviews

not bad
This is a short story by Ms McDermid and as usual is crime related.
The tale begins with the murder of nine year old Katie who is the daughter of a known crime boss. Unfortunately no one has ever been able to find any evidence to arrest him but this new turn of events seems to have left him broken and when his body is found floating in a river its case closed. Things take on a new twist when all of his former enemies start to die in very gruesome ways.

Well written with several twists for such a short book.