Beneath the Bleeding: A Novel (Tony Hill and Carol Jordan Series, 5)

Tony Hill and Carol Jordan are two of my favorite fictional detectives, all due to Ms. McDermid’s excellent character development, intricate and interesting plots,and the little twists and turns throughout the story. This book is no exception, and with Tony’s mom entering the picture, gives even more info to his back-story and the possibility of more tension between them in future stories. Well done and enjoy the read!

This is actually a series from the BBC entitled, Wire in the Blood. I started watching the series from Netflix. In the credits, I saw "based on the books by", which in turn, led me to the books. The 2 protagonists are Dr Tony Hill, and DCI Carol Jordan. Hill is a psychologist/profiler that works with Jordan's police department. There is a deep friendship between the 2 protagonists that has much more to it, but they are such workaholics, that they cannot act on it. There are multiple stories going on. Tony gets attacked by a mental patient from a facility he works at, a major bombing is investigated, and Tony has his estranged mother to deal with. The relationships are well written, well crafted, and the storytelling is at it's best.

This is the next in the series of Tony Hill novels penned by Scottish writer, Val McDermid.As Tony is recuperating from an attach in a psychiatric facility, a famous football (soccer) player is in the same hospital with flu-like symptoms. His condition deteriorates until he eventually dies days later. It is later deduced that he died of ricin poisoning; a slow and painful process.Other murders occur, and tests also conclude they were committed by poisoning. What do these 3 have in common? Although their ages are dissimilar, the commom denominators are soon discovered by Carol Jordan's team, as they try to discover who will be targetted next.In the meantime, a bombing occurs in the local soccer field. It is suspected to be a terrorist plot, as the bomber is soon discovered to be a Moslem. A task force rushes in to take the case away from Carol Jordan, but Tony is not convinced that it is a terrorist plot.What do these parallel plot lines have in common? Tony Hill, of course. Although he is in the hospital recuperating from his attach and in much pain, he leaves the hospital on several occasions to help Jordan's team solve these crimes.This book is a great addition to McDermid's Tony Hill series. The writing is literate, the plot is tightly woven. The story line flows smoothly. If you are a fan of McDermid's you won't be disappointed. If you are a new reader, you are in for a treat.

Val McDermid’s books are always terrific; this book is further impressive in its fresh originality of scope, characters and story. She’s a brilliant writer!

I've read several Val McDermid books and have found only tepid enjoyment. This one is better than the others I've read but only slightly so. This book features profiler Tony Hill and cop inspector Carol Jordan, either working with each other or against. So, along with two main parallel plots, there is the tension between Hill and Jordan. Parts of the book were exciting -- especially a major explosion at a stadium and events leading up to it -- but all too much of the remainder was boring. Not enough action, I guess. I have found the few McDermid's books I've read bordering on boring. In sum, this effort was not quite as boring as the others and kept me interested, but not riveted, which is faint praise, I guess.

Another wonderful entry in McDermid's series about psychological profiler Tony Hill, who is hospitalized throughout much of the book after being hit with an ax by a patient, and detective chief inspector Carol Jordan, who is faced with the case of a star soccer player being poisoned and evidence suggesting there might be a terrorism angle. This one isn't as gruesome as some of the other books because it's not about a sexual sociopath. But if the plot sounds boring — and it does to me — it's interesting in its look at terrorism security, poisonous plants and soccer fandom. It does discuss the endings of the first and fourth books but not so explicitly that it would ruin reading them after this, but the characters will resonate more if you start earlier. Bechdel test: A+.

I'm reading through the Tony Hill series, and thoroughly enjoying the characters and plots in each installment. This book didn't have so much gut-wrenching crime, and that was a nice respite, and a chance to read through without having to take a break to absorb the enormity of what I'd just read. I don't doubt the upcoming books will kick back into high gear as always. Superb story telling...it feels like I'm reading about real people.

It's a month I'm only reading McDermid, I discovered her recently. What a great intelligent woman she is! Every plot is so well done, specially those Tony Hill Novels. It's impossible not to take a look at the human soul and be emphatic about it. At the same time, she gives you a hell of a good time! Read her only when you have a lot of time before you, you just can't leave her books, I'm lacking sleep since I met her novels!

From first page to last another gripping novel.Great read. Cannot wait to start the next novel.Will download it now.

everything was great but couldn't find signed copy signature

In my undergraduate years, my colleagues and I were introduced to the garden of poisons near the Pharmacy building at my university. How many different toxic substances there were! I still recall the huge Angel's Trumpets with their anticholinergic effects - hot , blind, dry, red and mad.In the words of Ms Mcderrmid, just like an Agatha Christie novel. Great story.

Tal vez no sea su mejor novela pero resulta particularmente interesante que en ella se pone de manifiesto como los más íntimos deseos personales pueden dar como resultado acontecimientos inauditos

Val McDermid hat einen gut lesbaren Krimi mit einigermaßen glaubwürdigen Wendungen geschrieben. Es hat mir gefallen, dass sie hinter "der großartigen Geste" eine kleine, schäbige Erklärung versteckt hat. (Schwierig zu schreiben, ohne alles zu verraten!)