Tony Hill/Carol Jordan Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| The Mermaids Singing | 1995 | Buy |
| The Wire In The Blood | 1997 | Buy |
| The Last Temptation | 2002 | Buy |
| The Torment of Others | 2004 | Buy |
| Beneath the Bleeding | 2007 | Buy |
| Fever of the Bone | 2009 | Buy |
| The Retribution | 2011 | Buy |
| Cross and Burn | 2013 | Buy |
| Splinter the Silence | 2015 | Buy |
| Insidious Intent | 2017 | Buy |
| Footloose | 2019 | Buy |
| How the Dead Speak | 2019 | Buy |
The Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series is the work of Val McDermid, a Scottish crime writer who has sold over 19 million books worldwide. The 12 novels follow clinical psychologist Dr. Tony Hill and DCI Carol Jordan as they investigate violent crimes, combining psychological profiling with police procedural investigation.
McDermid is a leading figure in “Tartan Noir,” the Scottish crime fiction movement. The first book in the series, The Mermaids Singing, won the CWA Gold Dagger Award in 1995. The series was adapted into the ITV television show Wire in the Blood, which ran from 2002 to 2008.