{"product_id":"the-torment-of-others-9780007344758","title":"The Torment of Others","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Number One bestselling crime series featuring Tony Hill, hero of TV's Wire in the Blood, written by the award-winning Val McDermid. This is a psychological thriller  and serial killer  that will keep you up at night.For some, there is nothing so sweet, so thrilling, as the torment of others A dead girl lies on a blood-soaked mattress, her limbs spread in a parody of ecstasy. The scene matches a series of murders which ended when irrefutable forensic evidence secured the conviction of one Derek Tyler. But Tyler''s been locked up in a mental institution for two years, barely speaking a word  except to say that ''the Voice'' told him to do it.Top criminal psychologist Dr Tony Hill is prepared to think the unthinkable  this is not a copycat murder but something much stranger. While DCI Carol Jordan and her team mount a desperate and dangerous undercover police operation to trap the murderer, Hill heads towards a terrifying face-off with one of the most perverse killers he has ever enco\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘One of McDermid's finest, which is saying a lot' The Times\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘An especially taut and inventive thriller. This is McDermid on top form’ Daily Mail\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e'Serial killers are thankfully rare. It is a tribute to the power of Val McDermid's imagination that she made this one seem so believable' Daily Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e'Complex, combative and nuanced' Express\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘No one compares to McDermid’ Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e'Val McDermid is an intelligent, supremely talented novelist and with this latest tale, she is writing at the height of her power. Utterly compelling' Glasgow Herald\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48863839027543,"sku":"9780007344758","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780007344758.jpg?v=1722269258","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-torment-of-others-9780007344758","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}