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Tony Hill has had a good run. He and detective Carol Jordan have put away scores of dangerous criminals at a rate that colleagues envy. But there is one serial killer who has shaped and defined their careers, and whose evil surpasses all others: Jacko Vance, ex-celebrity and sociopath whose... read more

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Escapology was like magic.

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This is book 7 of 8 in Tony Hill / Carol Jordan. (standard series)

Preceded by Fever of the Bone, and followed by Cross and Burn.

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  1. Val McDermid (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Brown, Little
Country: UK
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 140870319X
Page Count: 416

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  • The Mermaids Singing
  • The Wire in the Blood
  • The Last Temptation
  • The Torment of Others
  • Beneath the Bleeding
  • Fever of the Bone

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