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Wonderfully compelling stuff (Daily Mail )
A workout for the grey cells, perfectly executed (Daily Telegraph )
This standalone from the Scottish force of nature, and creator of Robson Green's Wire In The Blood TV series, is a brutally clever story (Daily Mirror )
Keeps you guessing till the last page (Bella )
A workout for the grey cells, perfectly executed (Daily Telegraph )
This standalone from the Scottish force of nature, and creator of Robson Green's Wire In The Blood TV series, is a brutally clever story (Daily Mirror )
Keeps you guessing till the last page (Bella )
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A fascinatingly rich and complex mystery lies at the heart of this novel - McDermid's most ambitious and best yet
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
An exciting thriller.,
By J.Flood (Dublin,Ireland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Trick Of The Dark (Hardcover)
Physchiatrist, Charlie Flint is sent a mysterious package of press clippings about a recent murder. The murder took place on the grounds of Oxford college, which Charlie attended, years before. When Charlie figures out who sent her the package, she decides to investigate the murder, and who was responsible.This book was an exciting read, pretty much up to the Val McDermid standard. There was always something going on in the story that made me want to read on futher. I thought the characterisation was good, and the whole lesbian aspect did not bother me. A better than average thriller.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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A Gripping Read.,
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This review is from: Trick Of The Dark (Hardcover)
I've read most of Val McDermid's earlier books but I must admit, Tony Hill just didn't grip me and I moved on to crime writers new. However, after reading reviews in the newspapers for Trick of the Dark, I thought I'd give this book a go and managed to finish it in a couple of days whilst on holiday. The book is a classic slow burner and does indeed take a while to get going but it's a book that draws you in and leaves you unable to put it back down until the end. Yes, the plot is a little predictable in places and yes, some of the dialogue may be a little dry but this doesn't detract from the overall appeal of the book. It is nice to see lesbian main characters in mainstream Top 10 fiction but that is not what this book is about. Complex relationships and life changing decisions abound, Trick of the Dark is an excellent read and Val McDermid remains on top form.
35 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic! Buy this novel now!!,
By BookBat "BookBat" (Durham) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Trick Of The Dark (Hardcover)
Charlie Flint is a psychiatrist, police profiler and accredited Home Office expert witness...but when the novel opens she is currently suspended and under investigation by the General Medical Council. She lives with her civil partner in Manchester.Charlie visits her old tutor at the wonderfully named St Scholastika's College, Oxford. Dr Corinna Newsam is convinced that her daughter's new partner is a serial killer, and wants Charlie to go to London to find out if it's true. Charlie isn't convinced and thinks that maybe the Newsams don't want their daughter in a lesbian relationship, but she decides to investigate out of loyalty to her old tutor, but more probably because there's a woman living in Oxford that Charlie is attracted to, and the investigation will give her an excuse to visit her. Charlie sets off for London to investigate the suspect and meets up with her old friend Nick, a DS with the Met, and he agrees to help her. Charlie's investigations take her from London back to Oxford and then to the Isle of Skye and on to Sunderland...lovely to see the North East mentioned in a mainstream novel... Nice to see fictional characters who just happen to be gay...although from the comments from previous reviewers it seems that the one lesbian actually living in Oxford is one lesbian too many.... Fantastic thriller! Buy this novel now!!!
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