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The latest addition to McDermid's dark and gritty police procedurals, which have become even more popular thanks to the BBC America TV program The Wire in the Blood, finds the series' usual main protagonists, psychologist/profiler Dr. Tony Hill and Det. Chief Insp. Carol Jordan, joined by DI Don Merrick, elevated from the ranks of supporting players. Topping their docket are two serial killers: a child molester who murders and hides his young male victims and the Creeper, who tortures and slays prostitutes using the identical modus operandi of a killer firmly ensconced in a mental facility. McDermid's strength is the engaging and multidimensional characters he creates on both sides of the law. The book was a finalist for the CWA's 2004 Gold Dagger Award, but this audio abridgment is more interested in story than in character. There are several effective set pieces, notably an undercover sting that goes bad, resulting in the abduction and torture of a novice policewoman, and Merrick's life and death struggle with the child predator. At these points, Doyle's competent but undistinguished performance rises to the challenge. But by trimming away the novels' strongest element—its vibrant characters—the abridgment highlights the novel's weakest element: the less than credible sequences leading to the identity and capture of the Creeper.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
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A serial killer is trolling London murdering prostitutes--and he's is doing it exactly the way another man did years ago. But since that killer is safely locked away, who's doing the deeds? Gerard Doyle lends an air of authenticity to the novel, differentiating accents like Cockney and London's West End with ease. He even does a creditable job as the beleaguered heroine, a female inspector who has recently been raped. You can hear her frustration as she deals with co-workers' sympathy, jealousy, and hatred over her decision to return. With a lot of credit to Doyle, this novel is a gripper. It's not easy to fool listeners as completely as McDermid does. M.S. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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