The Torment of Others (St. Martin's Minotaur Mysteries) - Softcover

Still struggling to recover from the violent assault that changed her life, Detective Chief Inspector Carol Jordan returns to Bradfield to resume her career, once again turning to clinical psychologist Dr. Tony Hill, now working at a high-security mental hospital, to help solve the grotesque murder of a prostitute, a crime that bears a striking resemblance to an earlier series of solved crimes. Reprint.

New York Times bestselling author Val McDermid resurrects two of her most compelling characters in her most chilling novel yet...

THE VOICE SEEPS LIKE BLOOD...
Two years ago, Derek Tyler confessed to a sickening quartet of murders. Now the convicted perpetrator remains locked away, as do the gruesome, inimitable details of his crimes, which is precisely why this can't possibly be happening all over again--but it is.

SOOTHING, CAJOLING, PRAISING, COMMANDING...
One by one, mutilated corpses are turning up, each marked by the unmistakable calling card of the same warped killer. Still shattered in the wake of her own unbearable trauma, Detective Chief Inspector Carol Jordan is called in to make sense of the implausible scenario, with criminal psychologist Tony Hill on hand to complicate matters at every turn.

AS IMPOSSIBLE TO SILENCE AS IT IS TO DEFY.
As a seasoned profiler, Tony is convinced that the new murders aren't the work of a copycat killer. Together, he and Carol prowl the mist-shrouded alleyways of tawdry Temple Fields, tracking a cunning serial killer who seems to be safely locked away yet somehow simultaneously on the loose, preparing to strike again...

"McDermid is unusual in her ability to keep the suspense high while constructing social mysteries that are far-ranging in their implications."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)