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Val McDermid
Val McDermid is a master of crime fiction, and her work on the iconic Miss Marple series is a testament to that. She's a writer who knows how to craft a compelling mystery that keeps you guessing until the very end.
Fever of the Bone
Synopsis
Fever of the Bone reunites criminal profiler Tony Hill and Detective Chief Inspector Carol Jordan against a killer targeting teenagers who use the same social networking site. As the deaths mount, Tony should be central to the hunt, but Carol's cost-cutting superior sidelines him in favor of an inexperienced replacement profiler. Fighting to stay relevant while newly awakened ghosts from his own past resurface, Tony has to claw his way back into an investigation that may be the most personally costly of his career.
Val McDermid's long-running series keeps its focus on the toll criminal profiling takes on the people who do it, alongside the procedural hunt for a killer who knows exactly how to disappear.
Genres
Characters
Tony HillProtagonist
Criminal profiler pushed to the margins of the investigation by budget cuts, while confronting ghosts from his own past.
Carol JordanProtagonist
Detective Chief Inspector leading the hunt for a killer targeting teenagers, constrained by her superior's cost-cutting.