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AUTHOR McDermid, Val. TITLE The torment of others / Val McDermid. EDITION 1st St. Martin's Minotaur ed. IMPRINT New York : St. Martin's Minotaur, 2005. DESCRIPT 390 p. ; 25 cm. NOTE Originally published: London : HarperCollins, 2004. SUBJECT Jordan, Carol, Detective Chief Inspector (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. Police -- England -- Bradford (West Yorkshire) -- Fiction. Hill, Tony, Doctor (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. Bradford (West Yorkshire, England) -- Fiction. Prostitutes -- Crimes against -- Fiction. Police psychologists -- Fiction. Serial murders -- Fiction. Policewomen -- Fiction. Psychological fiction. Mystery fiction. ISBN 0312339194. $24.95
"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." "As the tension mounts, a mixture of psychological insight and dogged detective work leads inexorably to a terrifying climax in which Tony faces one of the most perverse killers he has ever encountered."--BOOK JACKET.