The Torment of Others, Val McDermid
The Torment of Others, Val McDermid
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The Torment of Others
A Tony Hill Novel

Author: Val McDermid

Narrator: Gerard Doyle

Abridged: 6 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/01/2005


Synopsis

Dr. Tony Hill and Detective Chief Inspector Carol Jordan return in the award-winning series that is the basis for the ITV television show Wire in the Blood.

In a small grim room, the body of a woman is discovered, panic and pain etched in her face. The scene matches in every detail a series of murders two years ago-murders that ended when irrefutable forensic evidence secured the conviction of a deeply disturbed young man named Derek Tyler.

But there's no way Tyler could have killed the latest victim. He's been locked up in a mental institution since his trial, barely speaking a word. So is there a copycat?

All his years of experience tell top criminal psychologist Dr. Tony Hill that there isn't-but that would make the murders literally impossible. While Hill tries to crack Tyler, DCI Carol Jordan and her team must mount a desperate undercover operation to trap the murderer-a decision that will have terrible consequences.

In The Torment of Others, Val McDermid keeps the tension mounting, as a mixture of psychological insight and dogged detective work leads inexorably to a terrifying climax where Tony faces one of the most perverse killers he has ever encountered.

About Val McDermid

Val McDermid was a journalist for sixteen years and is now a full-time writer living in South Manchester. In 1995, she won the Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year for The Mermaids Singing. Her novel A Place of Execution won a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, was nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel, and named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.

About Gerard Doyle

Gerard Doyle reads everything from adult, young adult, and children's books to literary fiction, mysteries, humor, adventure, and fantasy. He has won countless AudioFile Earphones Awards and was named a Best Voice in Young Adult Fiction in 2008. His audiobook credits include the bestselling Inheritance series (Eragon, Eldest, and Brisinger),  How to Train Your Dragon, The Looking Glass Wars, Clubland, And Thereby Hangs a Tale, and Risk Worth Taking. His career in British repertory theatre includes many productions, most notably The Crucible, The Tempest, The Importance of Being Earnest, and Fiddler on the Roof.  In America, he has appeared in Broadway in The Weir and on television in New York Undercover and Law & Order.  Born of Irish parents and raised and educated in England, Gerard has taught drama at Ross School for the past several years.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jonetta on May 03, 2016

Following her traumatic experience in Berlin, Carol Jordan is still recovering and trying to find her way back to some sense of normalcy. When a second young boy disappears in Bradfield, the chief constable is given license to create a special crime unit and reaches out to Carol to head it. Profiler......more

Goodreads review by Shannon M (Canada) on June 09, 2022

I stayed up all night reading THE TORMENT OF OTHERS; it was definitely a five-star novel. As I continue my expedition through the Tony Hill/Carol Jordan series, I was happy to discover that Book 4 returned to the high-quality plotting of the first two novels after a slight dip in Book 3. Again the sp......more

Goodreads review by Baba on May 29, 2020

Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, book No. 4: The fourth case in 'Wire In The Blood' series is, on the face it, about a serial prostitute killer and a paedophile killer, but Val McDermid weaves a driven and well crafted thriller focussed on Carol's return to work post-serious trauma from the last book; some......more

Goodreads review by Mike on May 11, 2019

Another fine entry in the series. This time, Carol is drawn back into the police action by her former boss after she's taken a sabbatical following a sting operation gone wrong. Her new job is supervising a special group that looks at high visibility crimes requiring intense sleuthing. Two cases end......more

Goodreads review by Debbie on March 04, 2021

This is my 4th Tony Hill/Carol Jordan novel by Val McDermid. Her books are dark, creepy tales that feature twisted serial killers. This is a series best read in order as the relationship between Tony and Carol continues to develop as the series continues. In The Torment of Others, Carol is still rec......more


Quotes

“Those who thought McDermid had exceeded herself with the brilliant and provocative The Distant Echo are going to be stunned by its sequel.... This is one series where you wait eagerly for the next installment.” —Globe and Mail

“One of McDermid's finest.” —The Times (London)

“It is hard to know what to praise first here: the impeccable plotting or the sharp social relevance of the narrative (a McDermid specialty). Most of all, though, it's the relationship between her two central characters that makes The Torment of Others work so well.” —Daily Express

“McDermid is unusual in her ability to keep the suspense high while constructing social mysteries that are far-ranging in their implications…McDermid brings to her mysteries an unusual capacity for compassion, both for victims and for the detectives whose lives are shattered tracking down the killers.” —Booklist, starred review

“Beautifully constructed, impeccably written...This fresh, imaginative psychological thriller should help win the author many new fans in the U.S.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review