The Last Temptation - Tapa blanda

"Relentless, electric and absorbing, this is a thriller not to miss." -"Los Angeles Times Book Review," "A Best Book of 2002"
"[McDermid is] the best we've got." -"The New York Times Book Review"
"A tense thriller...a chain of events that brings a frenetic conclusion followed by a smart-well-concealed twist." -"Boston Globe"
"A psychologically chilling and multifaceted thriller...With consummate skill and pacing, [McDermid] braids together the complex story lines through surprising revelations, heart-stopping suspense and cruel double-crosses...creating even more tension. McDermid's writing and her understanding of the criminal mind get better with each novel. With its European locales, depiction of Nazi-mind experiments and hints at another Jordan/Hill novel, this may well be her breakout book. She certainly deserves it."-"Publishers Weekly"
"McDermid's Dr. Tony Hill is so tortured he makes Thomas Harris's troubled heroes seem like lighthearted game-show hosts. McDermid has become a whiz at generating breathless, crosscutting suspense."--"GQ"
"This well-executed novel has it all: a complex, suspenseful plot, a full cast of interesting characters, and two budding romances."-"Library Journal"
"Exciting and compassionate." -Salon.com
"White-knuckle suspense, hot action, and graphic chills. Sure to be a hit with thriller fans."
-"Booklist"
"Irresistible...McDermid skillfully controls her cast...This is a hugely ambitious novel, involving three police forces, [and] the settings in Berlin are vividly evoked."-"The Daily Express" (UK)
"More than just a serial killer novel, ["The Last Temptation" is] a masterful examination of evil and the relics of Nazi and Stasi years in Germany."-"The Guardian" (UK)
"Val McDermid is one of the few crime authors who can be convincing when it comes to writing tough, yet retain a powerful emotional insight."-"Scotland on Sunday" (UK)
"A scary, disturbing, excit

Relentless, electric and absorbing, this is a thriller not to miss." -"Los Angeles Times Book Review," "A Best Book of 2002

"[McDermid is] the best we've got." -"The New York Times Book Review"

"A tense thriller...a chain of events that brings a frenetic conclusion followed by a smart-well-concealed twist." -"Boston Globe"

"A psychologically chilling and multifaceted thriller...With consummate skill and pacing, [McDermid] braids together the complex story lines through surprising revelations, heart-stopping suspense and cruel double-crosses...creating even more tension. McDermid's writing and her understanding of the criminal mind get better with each novel. With its European locales, depiction of Nazi-mind experiments and hints at another Jordan/Hill novel, this may well be her breakout book. She certainly deserves it."-"Publishers Weekly"

"This well-executed novel has it all: a complex, suspenseful plot, a full cast of interesting characters, and two budding romances."-"Library Journal"

"Exciting and compassionate." -Salon.com

White-knuckle suspense, hot action, and graphic chills. Sure to be a hit with thriller fans.

-"Booklist"

"Irresistible...McDermid skillfully controls her cast...This is a hugely ambitious novel, involving three police forces, [and] the settings in Berlin are vividly evoked."-"The Daily Express" (UK)

Burned-out forensic profiler Dr. Tony Hill is called in to track a vicious killer across northern Europe, a case that he reluctantly takes on when the next victim is an old friend and that is soon complicated by his emperiled former partner, Detective Carol Jordan, in Germany to work undercover to expose a conspiracy whose roots lie deep in the tormented past of Nazi atrocities and Stasi abuses. Reprint.