Cleanskin

A taut psychological thriller from the bestselling author behind the popular Wire in the Blood TV series

When career criminal Jack Farlowe’s body is found washed-up on a Suffolk shore, it looks to the police like a clear-cut case. Broken-hearted at his daughter’s death, he has drowned himself – good riddance and one less crime to solve, according to CID.

Then again, maybe not. For, one by one, Farlowe’s enemies are being killed. And the horrific manner of their deaths makes drowning look like a day at the beach…


Publication date UK: 18 May 2006 (HarperCollins)
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Cleanskin

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No one compares to McDermid. Manchester’s answer to Thomas Harris. — The Guardian


Val McDermid is a roaring Ferrari amid the crowded traffic on the crime-writing road. — The Independent


McDermid’s capacity to enter the warped mind of a deviant criminal is shiveringly convincing. — The Times