—The Observer (London)
“This classy police procedural—[the] latest in a series featuring the criminal profiler Tony Hill—compels from start to finish…. A narrative of nerve-stretching immediacy…. Sharply written, suspenseful, and full of insight into the world of the criminal psychologist.”
—The Times (London)
“Tackled cleverly, with a well-concealed plot twist making a political point…. An accomplished performance…. This is Britain’s most successful series featuring a woman police detective.”
—The Sunday Times (London)
“[McDermid is] the queen of serial killers…. As a former journalist, few can scoop Val on throat-clutching narrative, but at the same time she is marvelous on the subplot details.”
—Daily Mail (London)
“Edgy and dark as always…. I love it.”
—The Express (London)
“This is a book that works on more than one level. It fulfills the criteria of a very good contemporary crime thriller in terms of excitement, topicality, and its sense of authenticity. But it delivers more than this: the complex and unpredictable relationship between Hill and Jordan lies at the heart of the series and is one of its greatest strengths. McDermid’s writing gets better and better.”
—The Spectator (London)
“Val McDermid again proves herself one of Britain’s top crime authors in Beneath the Bleeding, a sophisticated, complex, and gripping story…. It’s a joy to follow along with Hill and Jordan…. Leave yourself lots of time for this one. I finished it at 3 a.m.”
—The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
ALSO BY VAL MCDERMID
The Grave Tattoo
Stranded
The Distant Echo
Killing the Shadows
A Place of Execution
A Darker Domain
Tony Hill novels
The Torment of Others
The Last Temptation
The Wire in the Blood
The Mermaids Singing
Kate Brannigan novels
Star Struck
Blue Genes
Clean Break
Crack Down
Kick Back
Dead Beat
Lindsay Gordon novels
Hostage to Murder
Booked for Murder
Union Jack
Final Edition
Common Murder
Report for Murder
Nonfiction
A Suitable Job for a Woman
Credits
Cover design by Robin Bilardello
Cover photograph by Plainpicture Photography/Veer
Copyright
BENEATH THE BLEEDING. Copyright © 2009 by Val McDermid. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
Adobe Digital Edition August 2009 ISBN 978-0-06-195920-2
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