This was the summer he discovered what he wanted--at a gruesome museum of criminology far off the beaten track of more timid tourists.
The Mermaids Singing is a chilling and taut psychological mystery from Val McDermid..
But as Hill confronts his own hidden demons, he must also come face-to-face with an evil so profound he may not have the courage--or the power--to stop it...
A game has begun for the hunter and the hunted.
It\'s also made him the perfect victim.
Hill\'s own past has made him the perfect man to comprehend the killer\'s motives.
But profiling the psychopath is not beyond him.
Even for a seasoned professional, the series of mutilation sex murders is unlike anything he\'s encountered before.
Enlisted to investigate is criminal psychologist Tony Hill.
The bodies of four men have been discovered in the town of Bradfield.
It would prove so terribly fulfilling.
Visions of torture inspired his fantasies like a muse.
This was the summer he discovered what he wanted--at a gruesome museum of criminology far off the beaten track of more timid tourists