'Val McDermid is one of the few crime authors who can be convincing when it comes to 'writing tough' yet retain a powerful emotional insight... McDermid is doing something quite extraordinary with the crime fiction suspense thriller' Scotland on Sunday 'This is a hugely ambitious novel, involving three police forces, of which the British seem to be the most Machiavellian' Express Praise for Val McDermid: 'Val McDermid is a roaring Ferrari amid the crowded traffic on the crime-writing road' Independent 'McDermid has become our leading pathologist of everyday evil... The subtle orchestration of terror is masterful' Guardian
