Margaret Cannon, The Globe and Mail

“Pure reading joy! Welcome back, queen of crime Val McDermid.”

Jane Crooks Britt, The Florida Times-Union

“Cross and Burn is a gripping read on a number of levels. . . . Val is back in top form with this novel. Satisfying on many different levels.”

Deadly Pleasures

“Val McDermid’s compulsively readable Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series finds a fresh hell to discover in her latest installment. . . . While McDermid is top of her class when it comes to writing intelligent, twisty, suspenseful thrillers, one of her strongest talents as a writer is her concern about relationships. . . . Completely absorbing. The way the characters are drawn so three dimensionally enriches every part of McDermid’s novels. Cross and Burn is well worth the reading journey.”

Robin Agnew, Mystery Scene

“Hill and Jordan dominate as brilliantly as ever.”

The Times (Saturday Review) (UK)

“Connoisseurs of the crime novel will happily devour veteran thriller writer McDermid’s masterful blend of crisp prose, complex characters, and relentless suspense.”

Allison Block, Booklist (starred review)

“Enthralling and engrossing, perfect in every way. . . . There is no good place to stop reading Cross and Burn. The series . . . gets better and better. . . . Hill and Jordan, whether together or apart, are fascinating characters, and this latest installment of their lives is too good to miss–whether you’ve been along for the ride since the beginning or just jumped on the train.”

Joe Hartlaub, Bookreporter.com

“Cross and Burn, the new Val McDermid novel, is the eighth title in her Wire in the Blood series featuring Tony Hill, the psychologically scarred forensic profiler, and DCI Carol Jordan. . . . What makes this series stand out is not so much the novels’ plots, good though they are, as their powerful characterization, together with the authority and conviction underpinning the settings. In this case, McDermid makes us believe in Bradfield and care about a host of characters–and, in particular, about the tangled relationship of Jordan and Hill.”

Andrew Taylor, The Spectator (UK)

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