"Former detective Carol Jordan and profiler Tony Hill make a welcome
return in this whiz-bang brain twister of an investigation into the
suspicious deaths of several women that encompasses the ugly side of
Internet trolls."--Boston Globe
Psychologist Tony Hill and former police detective Carol Jordan are back
in Splinter the Silence--a masterful, compulsive read centered on the
mysterious deaths of several women who were the victims of vicious
cyberbullying. Is it violence if it's virtual? The outspoken women
targeted by the increasingly cruel Internet trolls and bullies would say
so. For some of them, the torrents of bile and vicious threats prove too
much. They begin to silence themselves in a series of high-profile
suicides. Or do they? Tony Hill isn't convinced. But he's the only one.
After departing the force in a storm of grief, Carol Jordan is too busy
messing up her life to care. Until she gets an unexpected second chance.
Now it's game on, and the stakes have never been higher. Unpredictable
and unputdownable, Splinter the Silence is a timely and disturbing
look at the way the anonymity of the internet enables abuse--and a story
of two of crime's most formidable enemies, confronting not just a killer
but demons of their own.
"Dynamic . . . Check out this tartan noir treat."--People
"The novel is as rich in character development as it is in plot . . . We
hold our breath as [the killer] plots his next murder and the team
scrambles to find out who he is and what he plans to do. McDermid has
delivered another stylishly written, complex thriller."--Minneapolis
Star Tribune
"Powerful . . . McDermid's prose is pure pleasure to read . . . The plot
is tight, the story is thrilling, the ending is as satisfying as they
come . . . To read Splinter the Silence is to experience a master
operating at the height of her considerable powers. Prepare to be swept
away."--Mystery Scene
