The Torment of Others - Val McDermid

For those of you who don't know, Val McDermid is the creator of the popular TV series called 'Wire in the Blood 'with actor Robson Green. This book is one of her Tony Hill books; he is a criminal psychologist and profiler who constantly finds himself helping the police to solve monstrous, heartless and often sexually motivated killings. The 'Torment of Others' isn't the first of the Tony Hill novels, and it clearly follows some major events for the characters, so maybe it would be best to read the series in order if possible. Having said that this is the first of the books that I have read and it proved that it certainly can be read on its own as ...  Read the complete review

~~~INTRODUCTION~~~ This is my third experience of Val McDermid. I had been initially attracted by the fact that she is a fellow Scot and that she wrote in my favourite genre – that of the psychological thriller. She is now firmly placed on my favourite author’s list even though I was fairly critical of some of the weaker aspects of The Mermaids Singing. ~~~THE AUTHOR~~~ Even now it amazes me that I’d never discovered this author before. She grew up in Kirkcaldy, a town on the East Coast of Scotland, its most famous “son” being the Adam Smith (the philosopher and economist) and the town itself being well known for the production of ...  Read the complete review