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The Wire in the Blood

Tony Hill and Carol Jordan Series, Book 2

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The Wire in the Blood

By: Val McDermid
Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
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Young girls are disappearing around the country, and there is nothing to connect them to one another. Dr Tony Hill sets his team an exercise: they are given the details and asked to discover links between the cases. Only one officer comes up with a theory that is ridiculed….until one of their own is murdered.

For Tony Hill, the murder becomes a matter for personal revenge, and joined by colleague Carol Jordan, he embarks a game where hunter and hunted can all too easily be reversed.

©1997 Val McDermid (P)2015 W F Howes Ltd Crime Thrillers Detective Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Thriller Crime Exciting Scary

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Critic reviews

"A deliciously gruesome serial killer thriller. Ms McDermid finds new ways to shock and revolt us." ( New York Times)
"Val McDermid is an accomplished storyteller, and this scary, fast-moving tale is engrossing." ( Daily Telegraph)
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I enjoyed this story but the narrator was pretty awful. His attempts at accents are pitiful and really he shouldn't bother trying, just tell it straight. Also all the female characters came across as breathless and girly, more like Mills and boon than a murder story.

Cracking story, somewhat wasted by poor narrator.

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The first book of hers I have experienced. Pretty good plot and story line. The biggest negative is the woeful accents of the narrator. Really detracts from the story and the characters.

Decent story poor narrator

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This is the second Val McDermid book I've listened to on Audible - (The Distant Echo being the other one, read by a different voice artist. ) The story is engaging, intelligent and compelling - but oh the man reading it is dire. His characterisation, particularly of the female characters, is awful, his accents are all over the place and although I'm intrigued by the story, I'm finding it very hard to get past his poor voice work - the female officer who helps Shaz in London is particularly appalling - such shame - it is so flaky and invasive into the flow of the story I'm thinking I might not finish the book

Fabulous story awful voice casting

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I love Val McDermid, especially the Tony Hill / Carol Jordan series.
Many of the reviews I’ve seen complain about the narrator, he is a ropey in the first book but gets better - and you’ll be so engrossed in the story you won’t care.

Amazing series

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My only criticism is Saul's ambiguous accents but apart from that I love Val McDiarmids writing. The plots build and develop to a crescendo with jeopardy and intrigue in bucket loads. Fantastic.

Accents!

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