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A review by ingo_lembcke
Cross and Burn by Val McDermid
5.0
Wow! So many books, but these still stand out.
Setting is in the UK, and this book part of the Carol Jordan-Tony Hill-series, should not be read as a standalone.
Too much happened in the books before and the last one before this [b:The Retribution|11865209|The Retribution (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #7)|Val McDermid|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1312629381s/11865209.jpg|16822187] is a must read with it devastating conclusion and fall-out of the MC's.
Brutal and no easy solutions.
Not for the faint of heart, rape, torture and mutilation - but then that is a given for this series, where sometimes even the MC suffer during the story.
Extrem highly recommended, and unlike some others in the series, no dragging plot in the middle.
One of the best of the series. For Fans of [a:Simon Beckett|26024|Simon Beckett|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/authors/1356716400p2/26024.jpg]s David Hunter-series and [a:Mo Hayder|74876|Mo Hayder|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/authors/1327274083p2/74876.jpg]s Jack Caffery-series (with a second series in between "The Walking Man"). Currently reading the next in the series, could not wait (and had both this, and the next pre-ordered and on my TBR for quite some time).
Setting is in the UK, and this book part of the Carol Jordan-Tony Hill-series, should not be read as a standalone.
Too much happened in the books before and the last one before this [b:The Retribution|11865209|The Retribution (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #7)|Val McDermid|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1312629381s/11865209.jpg|16822187] is a must read with it devastating conclusion and fall-out of the MC's.
Brutal and no easy solutions.
Not for the faint of heart, rape, torture and mutilation - but then that is a given for this series, where sometimes even the MC suffer during the story.
Extrem highly recommended, and unlike some others in the series, no dragging plot in the middle.
One of the best of the series. For Fans of [a:Simon Beckett|26024|Simon Beckett|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/authors/1356716400p2/26024.jpg]s David Hunter-series and [a:Mo Hayder|74876|Mo Hayder|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/authors/1327274083p2/74876.jpg]s Jack Caffery-series (with a second series in between "The Walking Man"). Currently reading the next in the series, could not wait (and had both this, and the next pre-ordered and on my TBR for quite some time).