Val McDermid: The Mermaids Singing (UK 2015) From the Publisher: 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. Val McDermid: The Mermaids Singing. 20th Anniversary edition. With a foreword by Lee Child. HarperCollins, ISBN: 9780008134761 (November, 2015), 446 p., £7.99.
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Val McDermid: The Mermaids Singing (UK 2010) From the Publisher: 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. Val McDermid: The Mermaids Singing. HarperCollins, ISBN: 9780007344673 (March, 2010), 443 p., £8.99.
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Val McDermid: The Mermaids Singing (USA 2005) From the Publisher: The bodies of four men have been discovered in the town of Bradfield. Enlisted to investigate is criminal psychologist Tony Hill. Even for a seasoned professional, the series of mutilation sex murders is unlike anything he's encountered before. But profiling the psychopath is not beyond him. Hill's own past has made him the perfect man to comprehend the killer's motives. It's also made him the perfect victim. A game has begun for the hunter and the hunted. But as Hill confronts his own hidden demons, he must also come face-to-face with an evil so profound he may not have the courage -- or the power -- to stop it... Val McDermid: The Mermaids Singing. St. Martin's Paperbacks, ISBN 9780312936938 (March, 2005), 378 S., $3.99.
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Val McDermid: The Mermaids Singing (USA 2002) From the Publisher: Val McDermid: The Mermaids Singing. St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0312983603 (June, 2002), 378 S., $6.99.
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Val McDermid: The Mermaids Singing (UK 1999) From the Publisher: Val McDermid: The Mermaids Singing. HarperCollins, ISBN: 0006493580 (April, 1999), 402 p., £6.99.
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Val McDermid: The Mermaids Singing (USA 1997) From the Publisher: Val McDermid: The Mermaids Singing. Harper Paperbacks, ISBN 0061011754 (November, 1997), 463 S., $6.50.
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Val McDermid: The Mermaids Singing (USA 1996) From the Publisher: The bodies of four men have been discovered in the town of Bradfield. Enlisted to investigate is criminal psychologist Tony Hill. Even for a seasoned professional, the series of mutilation sex murders is unlike anything he's encountered before. But profiling the psychopath is not beyond him. Hill's own past has made him the perfect man to comprehend the killer's motives. It's also made him the perfect victim. A game has begun for the hunter and the hunted. But as Hill confronts his own hidden demons, he must also come face-to-face with an evil so profound he may not have the courage -- or the power -- to stop it... Val McDermid: The Mermaids Singing. Harper Prism, ISBN 0061011746 (December, 1996), 276 S., $22.00.
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