num_pages: 14
description: A serial killer is on the loose in the northern city of Bradfield. Four men have been brutally killed by savage knife wounds. In each case, the men have been mutilated and tortured, though the mutilations are not identical and nothing obvious appears to connect the victims. Fear grips the city; no man feels safe. Clinical psychologist Tony Hill is brought in to profile the killer, to work alongside Detective Inspector Carol Jordan. A man with more than enough problems of his own, Tony himself becomes embroiled in a battle of wits and wills where he has to use every ounce of his professional skill -- and personal nerve -- to survive.Winner of the Crimerwriter's Association Golden Dagger Award 1995, this is a tense thriller that explores the tormented world of a serial killer unlike any the world of fiction has ever seen.
language: English
title: The Mermaids Singing
titlecomplete: The Mermaids Singing (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #1)
characters: Carol Jordan, Tony Hill
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, Suspense, Murder Mystery, British Literature, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Detective, Audiobook
ratings_count: 24574
series: Tony Hill & Carol Jordan
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: The Macallan Gold Dagger
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: The CWA Dagger of Daggers
publisher: Isis