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The crime fighting team of clinical psychologist Tony Hill and police detective Carol Jordan investigate a serial killer who is targeting women who look suspiciously like Carol.
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<div><b>“McDermid is as smooth a practitioner of crime fiction as anyone out there. . . . She’s the best we’ve got.”—<i>New York Times Book Review</i></b><br><br>Internationally best-selling crime writer Val McDermid’s work speaks for itself: her books have sold millions of copies worldwide, won numerous accolades, and attracted a devoted following of readers around the globe. Her latest, <i>Cross and Burn</i>, picks up where <i>The Retribution</i> left off: following the best crime-fighting team in the UK—clinical psychologist Tony Hill and police detective Carol Jordan—who when we last saw them were barely speaking, and whose relationship will now be challenged even further.<br><br>Guilt and grief have driven a wedge between long time crime-fighting partners psychologist Tony Hill and ex-DCI Carol Jordan. But just because they're not talking doesn't mean the killing stops.<br><br>Someone is killing women. Women who bear an unsettling resemblance to Carol Jordan. And when the evidence begins to point in a disturbing direction, thinking the unthinkable seems the only possible answer. Cornered by events, Tony and Carol are forced to fight for themselves and each other as never before.<br><br>An edge-of-your-seat page-turner from one of the best crime writers we have, <i>Cross and Burn</i> is a chilling, unforgettable read.<br><br><b>“Smooth. Confident. Deeply satisfying. What else can you say about McDermid’s writing? . . . The Jordan-Hill relationship remains the star of the show. . . . It’s a match made in heaven amid hell on earth.”—<i>Entertainment Weekly</i> on <i>The Torment of Others</i></b></div>
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