The Last Temptation (novel)

The Last Temptation
First edition (publ. HarperCollins)
AuthorVal McDermid
PublisherMinotaur Books (US)
Publication date
September 1, 2002
ISBN0-312-29089-6 (US)

The Last Temptation (2002) is a crime novel by Scottish author Val McDermid,[1][2][3] the third in her acclaimed Dr. Tony Hill series, which has been adapted into the ITV television drama Wire in the Blood, starring Robson Green. This particular novel served loosely as the basis for recent episode Falls the Shadow.[4]

Synopsis

Across northern Europe a sadistic serial killer has been gruesomely drowning experimental psychologists, and the case takes on a rare personal aspect for Tony Hill when one of his friends falls victim. Meanwhile Carol Jordan has gone undercover in Germany on the trail of some very dangerous crime kingpins. However Tony and Carol are caught together and the kingpin Tadeusz Radecki rapes Carol and tries to kill Tony. Afterwards Tony confronts Wilhelm Mann, the skipper of the barge Wilhelmina Rosen, who was killing psychologists because he was abused by his grandfather, who was experimented on by the Nazis. This culminates in Wilhelm being shot and killed.

References

  1. ^ "The Last Temptation". Kirkus Reviews. 1 August 2002. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  2. ^ "The Last Temptation". Booklist. July 2002. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  3. ^ "THE LAST TEMPTATION by Val McDermid". Publishers Weekly. 12 August 2002. Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  4. ^ "The Last Temptation". Val McDermid. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2008.


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