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The Mermaids Singing
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Tony Hill / Carol Jordan: Book 1

The Mermaids Singing (1995) (edit title/settings)

by Val McDermid (Author) (edit contributors)

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This was the summer he discovered what he wanted--at a gruesome museum of criminology far off the beaten track of more timid tourists. Visions of torture inspired his fantasies like a muse. It would prove so terribly fulfilling. The bodies of four men have been discovered in the town of... read more

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Up till now, the only serial killers Tony Hill had encountered were safely behind bars. This one’s different — this one’s on the loose. In the northern town of Bradfield four men have been found mutilated and tortured. Fear grips the city; no man feels safe. Clinical psychologist Tony Hill is... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Up till now, the only serial killers Tony Hill had encountered were safely behind bars. This one’s different — this one’s on the loose. In the northern town of Bradfield four men have been found mutilated and tortured. Fear grips the city; no man feels safe. Clinical psychologist Tony Hill is brought in to profile the killer. A man with more than enough sexual problems of his own, Tony himself becomes the unsuspecting target in a battle of wits and wills where he has to use every ounce of his professional skill and personal nerve to survive.

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  • Home Office: The lead government department for immigration and passports, drugs policy, counter-terrorism, police, and science and research.

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You always remember the first time.

Table of Contents edit see section history

(Transcripts of the killer's journal precede each chapter)
Chapters 1 - 18
Epilogue

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  • DCI: Detective Chief Inspector
  • ACC: Assistant Chief Constable
  • Rent boys: Male prostitutes
  • SOCO: Scene of Crime Officer
  • Council: Similar to an American county
  • DPhil: Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 8 in Tony Hill / Carol Jordan. (standard series)

Followed by The Wire in the Blood.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Val McDermid (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 0007796390
Page Count: 402

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  • Library of Congress: PR6063.C37 M47 1995
  • Dewey: 813

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

Gruesome details about the murders.

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  • On Murder (Oxford World's Classics)

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