Toronto, ON: Harpercollins. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Canadian Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0002005247 . Slight edgewear, remainder mark bottom page edges. ; A bright solid, book DJ in Mylar, unclipped. Unread.; Tony Hill Mystery; 432 pages; A white-knuckle ride through a world of corruption, crueltyand violence ...Mapping the minds of murderers is what Dr Tony Hill does better than anyone.So when a twisted killer starts targeting psychologists across northern Europe,he's the obvious choice to track the executioner's mental and physical journey. Except that Tony doesn't want to do this any more.But the case is about to come uncomfortably close to home. The next victim is a friend of his. And his former partner, DCI Carol Jordan, is herself in Germany, working undercover in a world where human life is cheaper than a drug deal. She needs his help as much as the serial killer hunters do.Confronting the worst of contemporary crime and struggling to unravel rootsthat lie deep in the tormented past of Nazi atrocities and Stasi abuses, Tony and Carol are forced to battle for survival against overwhelming odds. In this morass of doublecross and doubledealing, they have no one to trust but each other.Tony Hill is back. And this time, it's personal. .

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A clinically efficient killer is murdering psychologists on the Continent. The victims are scattered around at least three different countries, complicating any investigation, but detectives agree on two things – a single killer is at work and a professional should be brought in to profile the murderer.Psychological profiler Dr Tony Hill no longer wants to delve into the minds of serial killers – his wounds are still raw from his brutal encounter with Jacko Vance. But the European case is about to get personal: an old colleague of his is targeted by the murderer and Tony is unable to remain uninvolved.Detective Chief Inspector Carol Jordan is en route to Berlin too, on a covert operation to incriminate a millionaire traffiker in drugs and human beings. An already perilous job is made more dangerous when Carol suspects her own masters of playing a deeper, nastier game than the one for which she was prepared.To trap their monsters, Tony Hill and Carol Jordan have to explore a past of Nazi atrocities and Stasi abuses, and a present-day world where cruelty is just as widespread but wears a different face ... and for both of them their hunt will lead to terrible personal danger.

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Bookseller: Ainsworth Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 7125
Title: The Last Temptation
Author: McDermid, Val
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Canadian Edition; First Printing
ISBN 10: 0002005247
ISBN 13: 9780002005241
Publisher: Harpercollins
Place of Publication: Toronto, ON
Date Published: 2002
Keywords: 0002005247, MYSTERY, Serial Killer Murder, tony hill

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