The Tony Hill/Carol Jordan is a Crime Fiction / Psychological Thriller series by Val McDermid, made up of 12 books published between 1995 and 2019. It begins with The Mermaids Singing (1995), and is best read in publication order. The most recent entry is How the Dead Speak (2019), spanning 24 years of storytelling.
Tony Hill/Carol Jordan series: frequently asked questions
What order should I read the Tony Hill/Carol Jordan series?
Start with The Mermaids Singing (1995), the first book in the Tony Hill/Carol Jordan series by Val McDermid. Follow the books in publication order for the best reading experience.
How many books are in the Tony Hill/Carol Jordan series?
There are 12 books in the Tony Hill/Carol Jordan series by Val McDermid, published between 1995 and 2019.
What is the first book in the Tony Hill/Carol Jordan series?
The first book in the Tony Hill/Carol Jordan series is The Mermaids Singing, published in 1995 by Val McDermid.
What is the latest book in the Tony Hill/Carol Jordan series?
The most recent book in the Tony Hill/Carol Jordan series is How the Dead Speak (2019) by Val McDermid.
About the Tony Hill/Carol Jordan series
Val McDermid's Tony Hill and Carol Jordan novels — adapted as TV's "Wire in the Blood" — are intense, psychologically rich British thrillers. Clinical psychologist and profiler Tony Hill works with police detective Carol Jordan to hunt some of fiction's most disturbing killers, their fraught, deeply intimate partnership at the heart of the series.
McDermid is fearless about the darkness of her subject matter, but the real engine is the charged, complicated relationship between two damaged, brilliant people. The profiling is sharp and the suspense relentless.
Tony and Carol's bond evolves powerfully across the books, so read in order from "The Mermaids Singing."