# The Wire in the Blood by Val McDermid (Paperback)

The ferociously readable, #1 bestselling crime thriller that led to the much-loved ITV show...  
  
'Wholly satisfying' Ian Rankin

Young girls are disappearing nationwide

Dr Tony Hill sets his team a task: find a link between the cases.

Only one officer comes up with a theory, but it's too wild... that is, until one of their number is murdered and mutilated.

Tony has started a game - one where hunter and hunted can all too easily be reversed. He has baited an aggressor whose charming manner hides a warped and sick mind...

When a killer is hiding in plain sight

Who can stop them?

'Truly frightening' The Times

'Sly and sophisticated, weaving the mundane with the stomach-churningly depraved' Express

## Details

- **Price:** 8.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** HarperCollins Publishers Limited
- **Type:** Val McDermid
- **Tags:** Adult, Crime & Mystery, Paperback, Thriller & Suspense

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> Updated: 2026-09-08