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A review by balletbookworm
The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid
4.0
I really liked "Wire in the Blood" when it aired on BBC America (before I ditched my overpriced cable package, an extra 100$/mo isn't worth one television channel, I don't care how good the programming) but I'd never read the McDermid series. I figured a bit of creepy serial killers and profiling would be a good kick-off to October.
The book is very interesting, Tony Hill and Carol Jordan are very well-developed characters and unique in their backgrounds/motivations (at least to me, since I don't read a lot of crime fiction). I thought the plot was paced very well with good intercutting between the serial killer's diary and the action of the book. It makes for a good addition to my "Criminal Minds" obsession. Profiling wackos makes for good entertainment (sadly enough, it can't even remotely be entertaining in real life, just sickening and terrifying).
The book is very interesting, Tony Hill and Carol Jordan are very well-developed characters and unique in their backgrounds/motivations (at least to me, since I don't read a lot of crime fiction). I thought the plot was paced very well with good intercutting between the serial killer's diary and the action of the book. It makes for a good addition to my "Criminal Minds" obsession. Profiling wackos makes for good entertainment (sadly enough, it can't even remotely be entertaining in real life, just sickening and terrifying).