There is one serial killer who has shaped and defined police
profiler Tony Hill''s life. One serial killer whose evil surpasses
all others. One serial killer who has the power to chill him to the
bone: Jacko Vance. And now Jacko is back in Tony''s life. Even more
twisted and cunning than ever before, he is focused on wreaking
revenge on Tony - and DCI Carol Jordan - for the years he has spent
in prison. Tony doesn''t know when Jacko will strike, or where. All
he knows is that Jacko will cause him to feel fear like he has
never known before - and devastate his life in ways he cannot
imagine...
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Award-winning crime writer Val McDermid is a top 10
bestseller, translated into more than 30 languages, with over two
million copies sold in the UK and over 10 million worldwide. She
has written 24 bestselling novels. The Retribution, due to be
published in September 2011, will be her 25th. In 2011, Val was the
recipient of the Pioneer Award at the 23rd Annual Lambda Literary
Awards. In 2010, she was awarded the prestigious CWA Cartier
Diamond Dagger. This followed her induction into the Hall of Fame
at the ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards in 2009, the same year in which
she was elected to an Honorary Fellowship at St Hilda''s College,
Oxford. She has won many awards internationally, including the CWA
Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year and the LA Times Book
of the Year Award. In 2007, she won The Stonewall Writer of the
Year Award. The popular ITV series Wire in the Blood based on
McDermid''s books and starring Robson Green as Tony Hill ran for an
impressive six series. A 3-part ITV drama of Val''s A Place of
Execution was broadcast in the autumn of 2007 to great critical
acclaim and won the 2010 Edgar Award for Best Screenplay. Val was
born in Kirkcaldy, a small town in the heart of the Scottish mining
community. She graduated in English at St Hilda''s College, Oxford
before going on to be an award winning journalist for sixteen
years. Her first novel was published in 1987. Val is a lifelong
Raith Rovers Football Club supporter and at the start of June 2011
was appointed as a Director on the board. Val''s other loves in life
include walking on the beach, cars and music. She writes full time
and divides her time between Cheshire and Northumberland.
www.valmcdermid.com