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The first edition of the novel was published in june 7th 1999, and was written by val mcdermid. Both the mermaids singing, which won the gold dagger award for best crime novel of 1995, and the wire in the blood 1997 are monuments to the human capacity for torture and the psychological profiling supposed to counter it. A place of execution by val mcdermid pdf, epub ebook d0wnl0ad winter 1963. She seems to be able to delve deep into the darkest recesses of the criminal mind and her detail in the naration brings her characters alive. She has written 4 different mystery novel series based on the lives of 4 main protagonists.
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