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The Retribution (Tony Hill) [Kindle Edition]

Val McDermid (Author)
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (84 customer reviews)
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It's perhaps fitting that for McDermid's 25th novel she's revisited her most thrillingly murderous creation, Jacko Vance (Daily Mirror )

Val McDermid's 25th novel is stunningly good, but it comes with a health warning. It is truly disturbing (The Times )

McDermid never pulls her punches in her graphic descriptions of the evils men (and women) inflict on each other...tension filled from start to finish (Irish Independent )

Her writing is taut, her plotting pacy... McDermid is particularly good at analysing human damage and its effects (Scotsman )

To write one brilliant book is hard. To write 25 is a miracle. That is what Val McDermid has achieved over the course of her career and it's why she is a much-loved legend in the literary world...the pace here is flawless and the various storylines are expertly interwoven...a superb crime novel (Sunday Express )

Brilliant ... sensational ...unforgettable (Guardian )

It's a tribute to McDermid's skill as a storyteller that she deliberately creates a trio of central characters who are essentially incapable of conventional empathy yet still manages to sustain reader sympathy right through to the coldly brutal finale (Irish Times )

McDermid has pulled out all the stops, delivering a fast-moving tale (Herald )

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The unforgettable, gripping new Tony Hill and Carol Jordan novel
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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 535 KB
  • Print Length: 408 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 140870319X
  • Publisher: Sphere (1 Sep 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 140870319X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1408703199
  • ASIN: B005IYIA7I
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (84 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #4,090 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Just Revenge 29 Oct 2011
By prisrob TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Hardcover
Retribution-1. Something justly deserved; recompense.
2. Something given or demanded in repayment, especially punishment.

Jacko Vance, a serial killer of seventeen teenage girls, and a police officer, has escaped from prison where he was sentenced to life. He was once a British Television Presenter and an almost Olympian athlete. He may be the most diabolical and ruthless killer that Val McDermid has introduced to her many readers. Jacko was introduced in the second book by DCI Carol Jordan, leader of the MIT, or 'minorities integration team'. She is stationed in northeast England in the city of Bradfield. She also introduced us to Tony Hill, a psychological profiler, who has appeared along with DCI Jordan in the past six books, Val McDermid is one of the more inventive and exciting mystery thriller writers from the UK. Her name excites visions of her readers sitting for long periods of time, red sleepless eyes, and extended periods of tachycardia.

We begin with Jacko Vance and his years in prison planning his escape. He has assistance from the outside, millions of dollars placed in off shore accounts, and people who believe he is innocent. He also has inside help from other prisoners who will do anything for money. His plans are so efficient, timely and well thought out that I found myself fascinated and entranced with his character. He tells his story from his personna, and we get to examine his thought process. He is a charmer and is able to convince almost any woman what he wants them to believe about him. Tony Hill knows him all too well, he and DCI Jordan were the essential law enforcement officers to put him in prison. Now he has escaped and they may be at the top of his list for Retribution.... Read more ›
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30 of 32 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Running out of steam? 17 Oct 2011
By Boof TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Hardcover
I first discovered Val McDermid's Tony Hill & Carol Jordan series about 7 or 8 years ago and I have been a dedicated fan ever since. The Retribution is not only the latest in the series of seven books but it also reintroduces one of the serial killers from a much earlier book The Wire in the Blood - the evil and twisted Jacko Vance. To be honest, I could barely remember a thing about that book so it wouldn't make any difference to reading this book out of sequence if you haven't read McDermid's earlier ones yet.

Jacko Vance is clever - brillianlty clever and charming to boot. He has spent the last 16 year behind bars for the murder of a teenage girl (although he murdered many, many more but the prosecution couldn't prove it). In The Retribution, Vance escapes from jail (no spoiler - it's in the blurb) and is hell bent on payback to those who landed him in prison in the first place, including both Tony Hill and Carol Jordan. At the same time, another serial killer is on the lose in Bradfield killing prostitutes and Detective Carol Jordan's team set out to track him down.

The fact that both these stories are running in tandem with each other means that not enough time was devoted to either. The prostitute killer felt almost like an afterthought and his ultimate capture was bordering on eye-rolling. The sotry of Jacko Vance's escape and revenge would have been more than enough to keep us on the edge of our seats and, at times, I was. Waiting to see who would feed Carol Jordan's cat (it will make sense when you have read it, I promise) had my pulse racing overtime and trying to figure out who was next on his hit-list was great stuff.... Read more ›
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars reveting retribution 1 Feb 2012
By D. Cameron
Format:Kindle Edition
I won't go into the plot here, as many other people have described it. i will just say that, at the beginning of the book, i did not see how Jacko would be able to pull off his escape and planned retribution - but boy was i convinced by it all by the end of the book. Brilliant writing, sharp narrative and dialogue, interesting characters and a little bit of (gallows) humour along the way. enjoyably tense and a roller coaster. Brilliant.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Series almost "jumps the shark", but... 3 Nov 2011
By AndyG
Format:Hardcover
I first encountered Tony Hill and Carol Jordan in "The Mermaids Singing" as an abridged audiobook. The characters were quite groundbreaking for their time, in that they had very human flaws but still tried to do the right thing and bring the killer to justice. Since then I have read each installment in the series as it came out and have enjoyed them all.

"The Retribution" revisits Jacko Vance, the killer from "The Wire in the Blood"; this idea promises great things with his escape from prison and quest for revenge against the people that put him there, and the Bradfield police's efforts to catch him. The reality falls rather short and almost gives the impression that the series has run its course.

But not quite. There is much to like about "The Retribution". Ms McDermid serves up a believable cast of characters who we have come to care about over the course of the series, and the first third to half of the book is first-rate as it deals with the transition of the Bradfield team as Carol prepares to join another force as well as Vance's escape and a new, parallel serial killer investigation.

Unfortunately, after this point the story begins to get lost as Ms McDermid heaps suffering on to her characters and they begin to behave in ways that are cliched and also contrary to their nature as developed in the prior novels. The second part of the story seems to wander around uncertainly before heading for an ending that seemed rather rushed and again out of character for those involved. To give any more detail than this would spoil the story for those wishing to read it.

I did enjoy "The Retribution" but was left feeling less than satisfied.... Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 stars Gripping thriller
I'm still reading it but enjoying every minute. Highly recommend it, although it is not for the squeamish or prudish.
Published 1 day ago by Mrs Margaret Staples
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
Tony Hill back on form. Only problem is I don't know where the characters will go next. But still a brilliant book.
Published 9 days ago by Yvonne Margaret Keir
4.0 out of 5 stars Ace
Was recommended this book by a client of mine who'd given "wire in the blood" to me a couple of years ago. Great read, couldn't put it down. Ace
Published 9 days ago by richard everatt
5.0 out of 5 stars The Retribution
This is nightmare stuff. Horrific and compelling, and to lighten it Tony is is a funny, loveable character. Not for the timid but very much for the rest of us. A brilliant read!
Published 29 days ago by Val
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Again an excellent book by Val McDermid, she is a mistress of mystery an suspense and I have enjoyed every book she's written. Loved it
Published 1 month ago by Vixx H
5.0 out of 5 stars Another one in the Tony Hill series
This latest Tony Hill novel is as good as all the others that precede it. A great read if you're familiar with the Tony Hill series of books.
Published 1 month ago by S. Witwicka
5.0 out of 5 stars Great finale!
Brilliant book. Loved the whole series, I like the way the characters develop in the book, it is better to read them all in one go so that you remember what happened in each one,... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Jacqueline Hancock
5.0 out of 5 stars New Tony Hill/Carol Jordan novel - excruciatingly tense as ever!
If you haven't read any of the Tony Hill/Carol Jordan series before, and you're a crime fan, I'd strongly recommend that you do - and also that you don't go on reading this review,... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mrs. B. S. Kemp
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
I was looking forward to reading the latest Toni Hill book - and it didn't disappoint - a real page turner
Published 2 months ago by Caz
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Tony Hill and Carol Jordan at there best if you enjoy wire in the blood you will really enjoy these books they have me hooked.
Published 3 months ago by Allie
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