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Fever of the Bone Hardcover – International Edition, January 1, 2009

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Meet Tony Hill's most twisted adversary - a killer with a shopping list of victims, a killer unmoved by youth and innocence, a killer driven by the most perverted desires ...

When teenager Jennifer Maidment's murdered and mutilated body is discovered, it is clear that there is a dangerous psychopath on the loose. But it's not long before Tony and DCI Carol Jordan realise it's just the start of a brutal and ruthless campaign targeting an apparently unconnected group of young people. Their chameleon-like killer is chatting with them online, pretending to share their interests and beliefs - and then luring them to their deaths.

But just when Tony should be at the heart of the hunt, he's pushed to the margins by Carol's cost-cutting boss and replaced by a dangerously inexperienced profiler. Struggling with the newly awakened ghosts of his own past and desperate for distraction in his work, Tony battles to find the answers that will give him personal and professional satisfaction in his most nerve-shattering investigation yet.

Psychologically gripping and relentlessly paced, 'Fever of the Bone' is the perfect introduction for those who have not yet discovered the damaged but brilliant criminal profiler Tony Hill and DCI Carol Jordan, best known from ITV's award-winning 'Wire in the Blood'.
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  1. Book 6 of 11
    Tony Hill/Carol Jordan
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  3. Language
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    Little, Brown
  5. Publication date
    January 1, 2009
  6. Dimensions
    6.38 x 1.42 x 9.53 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    1408701987
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Little, Brown; First Edition (January 1, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1408701987
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1408701980
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.62 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.38 x 1.42 x 9.53 inches
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Val McDermid

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Val McDermid is a number one bestseller whose novels have been translated into more than forty languages, and have sold over eighteen million copies. She has won many awards internationally, including the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year and the LA Times Book of the Year Award. She was inducted into the ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards Hall of Fame in 2009, was the recipient of the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2010 and received the Lambda Literary Foundation Pioneer Award in 2011. In 2016, Val received the Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction Award at the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival and in 2017 received the DIVA Literary Prize for Crime, and was elected a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Val has served as a judge for the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Man Booker Prize, and was Chair of the Wellcome Book Prize in 2017. She is the recipient of six honorary doctorates and is an Honorary Fellow of St Hilda’s College, Oxford. She writes full-time and divides her time between Edinburgh and East Neuk of Fife.

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K. Schonlau
5.0 out of 5 stars Good fiction
Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2010
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This is the 6th book in the Tony Hill/Carol Jordan series. This one primarily deals with internet stalking.

The internet stalking issue is a realistic threat that we hear of in the news and I am glad McDermod has researched this topic and brought it into focus in one of her books. What better way to do so than with using her master profiler, Tony Hill?

In this book, Jordan is dealing with a new boss who feels that cost containment is more important than using top talent to track down a serial killer. This comes at a critical time as teenagers are being killed and Jordan's team needs to find out why this is happening, and fast. To Jordan's dismay, she is forced to use new, inexperienced talent for profiling.

It also deals with Tony's discovery of his father, of whom he knew little, and the resolution of a cold case murder of a young wife and child.

This is definately a book worth reading. The plot is solid and the ending contains a bit of a surprise.
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prisrob
4.0 out of 5 stars Chilling Scenarios And Narrative;
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2010
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'FEVER OF THE BONE' is the sixth in Val McDermid's series about DCI Carol Jordan and criminal psychologist Tony Hill. At the same time as I as reading this novel, I was viewing 'Wire In The Blood', a British series covering Val McDermid's books. McDermid's novels can be very realistic and gory, but the DVD is even more so. This was a story that will not be forgotten easily.

The main plot concerns the deaths of young teenagers in the town of Bradfield in northern England. DCI Jordan and her team are looking for people who stalked them by befriending them on a social networking website, RigMarole. Someone lures the young person to a meeting, and then kills them. The children's parents are bereft, and their love is palpable. We can put ourselves in their place very easily. DCI Jordan's cold case team discovers clues, and also follows the internet trail. DCI Jordan's new boss, James Burke, will not allow Tony Hill, who profiles the criminals, on the case. Instead, Burke tells Jordan to make do with one of the police force's own profilers. This profiler is not in the same league as Tony Hill is, and the clues run out very quickly. DCI Jordan finds she is on her own.

Meanwhile Tony is sorting out his father's estate in Worcester. He did not know his father, and his death came as a shock. At the same time, Tony is contacted by the Worcester police to assist with the case of a killing of a young teenager. Tony takes on the case and spends the night in his father's old house. He discovers unexpected things about his own past. Many things that his mother, from whom he is estranged, has kept from him.

DCI Jordan and Tony are involved with each other but can't admit their feelings openly. This aversion to discussion of feelings has been an on-going issue for the two of them. Tony discovers his profile case in Worcester is likely to be a crime committed by the same person who killed the two teenagers in Bradfield. DCI Jordan insists that Tony Hill be allowed back on this case. DCI Jordan and her team narrow down the list of suspects, and come to some amazing discoveries.

Val McDermid keeps the story interesting with her use of high tech options in combination with the new social media. She seems to be way ahead of other authors in this area. The police procedurals are explicit and so well written. The story of Tony's discovery of his father is moving, and this may open the door to a more satisfying relationship with DCI Carol Jordan.

Recommended. prisrob 09-16-10

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John Kenney
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent plot, great characters
Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2010
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This is another excellent Tony Hill / Carol Jordan book. Unlike so many other crime books, the crime they go about solving is original and sounds quite plausible. I imagine few will guess who the villain is before McDermid reveals them. The characters (mostly police, but also others) are engaging and realistic. The good guys are likeable, or at least earn your respect. Hill and Jordan are not superheros, but feel like real people (albeit very capable ones). They have their own problems, but these don't overwhelm the story, but rather add to it and make it more interesting.

This is just a really solid crime story and I definitely recommend it to others.
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Dawn Copley
5.0 out of 5 stars Fever Burns In Hearts Too !
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2016
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This was a rather upsetting serial murder setting and solve because the cases do involve innocent teens that are surrogate children through fertility clinics , therefore the devastation and horror for the parents and all concerned in solving this DCI Jordan case is extra heart wrenching. The team is stretched to the limits when Blake says no money for Dr. Tony Hill any longer! How will they solve this terrible case without any leads and no theories . Meanwhile, Tony Hill is occupied in Worcester , the home of his recently passed father he has known in name only. He is working a case there and sniffing around the estate that was left to him by a man he never knew and a man who never tried to know him . This is definitely one of my favorite Tony Hill and Carol Jordan novels from Val McDermid ! It is intellectually intriguing and emotionally heart wrenching until the very last word .
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Tom W
4.0 out of 5 stars I love it when there are believable characters
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2015
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Wow! I love it when there are believable characters, and their lives intertwine throughout a story. The way this story built up was very entertaining and worth the price of admission. I saw some of the bird on the wire TV series, but these stories put them in a much better light. I do recommend this book, I think you'll enjoy it.
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Noni
5.0 out of 5 stars Another unputdownable book in the series
Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2016
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This is the sixth book in the Tony Hill/ Carol Jordan series. Each book stands alone, but it is so much more satisfactory to read them in order so that you have the ongoing story of the resident characters. In this book, Tony Hill is asked to go to Worcester to give advice on the killing of a teenager. This is the location of the house he has recently inherited and he decides to change his mind and go and see, it with unexpected results. Meanwhile, Carol Jordan, still in Bradfield, has a new chief who has put a veto on having Dr Hill in to help. She is then also faced with the murder of a teenager. Another excellent book in the series.
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rapidreader
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent character progress
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2012
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McDermid's books are always well crafted and riveting. In addition to a first rate mystery story, she advances Tony Hill's personal story and his relationship with Carol Jordan. The extra dimensions added to Tony Hill make him even a more interesting character. It will be interesting to see where he goes in the future.
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Ruth b
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 6, 2023
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Whoa what a brilliant read. Where does this leave Carol will she move with Tony or not. GreAt storyline and conclusion onwards and upwards.
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Juanita M. Lightfoot
5.0 out of 5 stars Easy access on amazon.
Reviewed in Canada on December 21, 2018
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It was a great read. I really enjoy Val McDermid’s books.
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la gallina Pula
5.0 out of 5 stars Trama y desarrollo impecables
Reviewed in Spain on August 27, 2019
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No deja de sorprender que sus libros te hagan sentirte satisfecha una y otra vez. Varios desarrollos paralelos, de la investigación policial y de la historia personal de los protagonistas. Es difícil combinarlos en un libro y que todos mantengan el interés del lector a igual nivel. Una gran escritora.
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ciano
5.0 out of 5 stars Just fantastic
Reviewed in Italy on December 17, 2017
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Nothing more to say!!! From beginning to end, you stay with it, nevrr wanting to drop the book. Thrilling work.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Moving on?
Reviewed in Australia on November 5, 2023
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After such a fraught case with so many young people becoming victims, how will the team move on? Blake had all but said that the team would be broken up and reabsorbed into the run of the mill constabulary. Will he still do this now that the current serial case is solved along with a cold case sorted almost as an afterthought in a way.
Have Carol's probes into his background convinced Tony to change trajectory and will she accept the offer he made her?
Time to move to the next exciting instalment
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