by Val McDermid
While I think that the "twist" or MO of the killer has been done before in books and film, Fever of the Bone really nails the suspense and does it well.
I sometimes find the books in this series frustrating (the same types of obstacles crop up in many of them) but I actually read this one straight through without putting it away for a while. Also I enjoyed that the solution was unexpected.
Definitely not my favorite "Wire in the Blood" book...I thought it was mild compared to some of its' counterparts...at one point in the middle of the book, I thought it was going to take off and instead it fizzled out.