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Beneath the Bleeding by Val McDermid

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littlemissgemreads's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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outsmartyourshelf's review

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

Dr Tony Hill is attacked at the hospital by a patient & left with a badly damaged knee. This should hinder him helping DCI Carol Jordan on one of the most complex cases she has faced, but this is Tony Hill we are talking about. A local star footballer has been poisoned & there seems to be little evidence & no motive, then Tony connects it to an earlier poisoning death, but when an explosion detonates in the stand of the football club, the investigation is taken in a different direction.

I found Carol rather irritating in this one as she continually rubbished Tony's insights into the case - wasn't she there during the last four books?! There's quite a lot going on in the plot, with poisonings, bombs, terrorism, etc and then if that wasn't enough, Tony's horrible mother turns up intent on defrauding him of his inheritance. Even so, I found this a bit more difficult to get through than the previous books as it seems to lose momentum a little, therefore, I can only rate this on 3.5. 
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