- Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; New edition edition (6 Feb 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007217110
- ISBN-13: 978-0007217113
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11.2 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 55,497 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Compelling and shocking', Minette Walters
'Terrifying but stylish, cruel and compassionate. Truly, horribly good' Frances Fyfield , Mail on Sunday
'Gripping, intelligent stuff' The Times
'A superb psychological thriller' Cosmopolitan
'A deliciously gruesome serial killer thriller. Ms McDermid finds new ways to shock and revolt us' New York Times
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The Gold Dagger award-winning serial killer thriller that began the Number One bestselling crime series featuring clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill, hero of TV’s much-loved Wire in the Blood.
You always remember the first time. Isn’t that what they say about sex? How much more true it is of murder…
Up till now, the only serial killers Tony Hill had encountered were safely behind bars. This one’s different – this one’s on the loose.
Four men have been found mutilated and tortured. As fear grips the city, the police turn to clinical psychologist Tony Hill for a profile of the killer. But soon Tony becomes the unsuspecting target in a battle of wits and wills where he has to use every ounce of his professional nerve to survive.
A tense, beautifully written psychological thriller, The Mermaids Singing explores the tormented mind of a serial killer unlike any the world of fiction has ever seen.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the first in the series of clinical psychologist Tony Hill, and it kicks off to a good start.
Tony Hill explores the mind of a serial killer, which in turn puts the reader inside the mind of the killer also.
This is a well written psychological thriller which keeps you guessing right till the very end on who is brutally torturing and mutilating men to death.
Tony Hill explores the mind of a serial killer, which in turn puts the reader inside the mind of the killer also.
This is a well written psychological thriller which keeps you guessing right till the very end on who is brutally torturing and mutilating men to death.
42 of 45 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Val McDermid is one of the few writers which successfully merge the reality of a UK setting with the thrill of the chase.
Her background as a newspaper reporter seems to enable her to write developing stories in a style that makes you feel you are there. Her characters are more human than those found in Patricia Cornwell's police thrillers, and the characters have more depth than the typical James Patterson. She avoids the new realism which seems to demand more explicit torture scenes in short chapters, relying instead on a more thoughtful exposition of the motives involved and a true sense of time in the plotting.
Her development of the personality of Tony Hill is well-paced, and manages to blend the abstract analytical facet of his work with his human frailties and self-blindness.
This book encouraged me to read her back-catalogue works; the schoolgirl mystery stories of Lindsay Duncan and the Warshawski-like Brannigan series which although lighter in tone show the love of detail on which this more mature work depends for its success.
I unreservedly recommend it as a more human approach than Cornwell and created with rather more thought and insight than Patterson.
24 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
What a great book! I was hooked from the minute I began to read. The characters became so real and the plot so nerve-tinglingly tense, that I could not put this book down! By the time I got to the last few chapters, I found myself reading faster and faster just so that I could find out what would happen next - would Batman arrive in time?!!! Seriously though, the detailed descriptions of the killer's methods (to me) were necessary for the heightening of the tension. Without such detail, the killer would not have seemed half as scary or crazy. If you love a good read and have a very strong stomach, read and enjoy!
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Great Book!!
I wanted to read this because it was mentioned in 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'.
It turned out to be a 'Wire in the Blood' novel. Read more
It turned out to be a 'Wire in the Blood' novel. Read more
Published 12 days ago by L. D. Booth
Good Mystery
This is a good mystery although now dated. Ususal characters never disappoint but was a bit too old fashioned for me.
Published 17 days ago by Clarer
Great book
Book arrived quickly and is in excellent condition would recommend this book to any wire in the blood fans. Seller gave perfect service
Published 1 month ago by KimT
Gruesome but gripping
I have read a few of the Tony Hill mysteries before but this is obviously the first one so I am back to front. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Helen Elizabeth
Another breathtaking story
An exceptional writer . Sometimes with her novels I find the Lesbian content heavy going. Perhaps because most authors do not involve their readers with reality. Read more
Published 3 months ago by gillie
Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid
If you like the nail biting murder stories we have come to expect from Val McDermid you will love this. Frightening, gripping, a real pager turner. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Anne E O
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Very good book- would recommend to fans of Mo Hayder due to its gritty nature and strong character story line. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Danny
The Mermaids Singing
Absolutely brilliant ! I could not put this book down.Val Mcdermid is always a riveting read.This is the fourth book I have purchased in a month,a scary,gripping thriller.
Published 6 months ago by izzy
Graphic novel with tension and good characterisation
This is good read and explores sexuality in a harsh and graphic way. The story is around catching a serial killer with the backdrop story of a Doctor in Psychology helping form a... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mr. R. N. Lock
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Great book, well narrated, good characterisation. I have read others in this series and then realised I hadn't read the first one! Well worth a read.
Published 12 months ago by Kevin Glyn Hearth
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