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Violence
Very heavy
Serial killings described in graphic detail; trafficking operations depicted; Tony Hill faces direct physical danger
Language
Some
Some strong language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild content; the trafficking investigation involves adult exploitation
Substance Use
Barely any
Moderate drinking
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The specific danger of a profiler who has made himself visible by being right; a killer who has studied the same psychology Tony uses against killers and turned it back on him
What this book is about
A series of psychologists are being murdered across European cities, each death staged to look like suicide. Tony Hill is asked to consult on the European pattern while also working a case in England involving a different kind of trafficking operation. The two investigations converge in ways that put Tony in direct danger. Val McDermid's third Wire in the Blood novel is the most internationally ambitious of the series and one of the most structurally complex — the European investigation has a different texture and pace from the English procedural storyline, and the villain is the series' most psychologically interesting. Carol Jordan is more present than in the previous book; the partnership is more fully realized.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
very graphic serial killer violence
human trafficking as a subplot
third of the Wire in the Blood series
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