THE TORMENT OF OTHERS

The latest in the thrillers featuring Tony Hill, criminal profiler, and Carol Jordan, DCI, features two crimes. The first, a case, quickly going cold, of two young boys gone missing, and the second, of prostitutes being murdered in the exact same fashion as an earlier case, though that killer is in a mental institution. The relationship between Jordan and Hill remains complex, and Doyle's narration of this dark and gruesome story is filled with emotion and tension. The dual challenges of narrating the dialogue of all the characters, as well as their inner voices, is handled so skillfully that the listener is able to follow the threads of the story without difficulty. Doyle draws listeners in and doesn't let them go. S.S.R. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine [Published: FEB/ MAR 06]