by Kristopher | Nov 29, 2017 | Review
Insidious Intent is the tenth book in Val McDermid’s longest running series. Readers have followed the trials and tribulations of Tony Hill and Carol Jordan – both in print and on-screen – for years. At this stage of the game, they are an iconic duo and their creator...
by Kristopher | Sep 18, 2015 | Review
The best crime fiction often reflects on the society in which we live. Few authors can so successfully tap into the zeitgeist as can Val McDermid. With Splinter the Silence, McDermid returns to her most popular series characters – Carol Jordan and Dr. Tony Hill – and...
by Kristopher | Jul 10, 2014 | underCOVER
From The Booking Desk: Readers of the blog know how much I love the work of Val McDermid. When I heard earlier this year that she had a new book coming out, I immediately set out to see if I could get ahold of an advanced copy. Only problem, Val told me, was that...
by Kristopher | Nov 15, 2013 | Review
When it comes to series novels, readers have a variety of motivations for returning book after book, but what most fans agree on is that the central reason for the success of a series resides with the characters themselves. Val McDermid’s Tony Hill and Carol Jordan...
by Kristopher | Nov 9, 2012 | Review
Val McDermid – The Vanishing Point (Atlantic Monthly Press, Hardcover, $25.00, 10/02/2012) Val McDermid is probably best known for her series of novels featuring criminal profiler Tony Hill and DCI Carol Jordan, which was adapted into the television series, Wire...
