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"The Song of the Mermaid" is the first book by award-winning British crime writer Val McDermid, where psychiatrist Tony Hill, who dissects the souls of serial killers, works for the police.

Dr. Hill is called to the small town of Bradfield in Northern England, where the bodies of four men with signs of torture and mutilation have been found. The whole town is gripped by fear and a nameless evil is causing anxiety in the people. Tony must be the one to penetrate the dark depths of the possible murderer's soul and create a profile in order to help the police. On the police side, he is assisted by Carol Jordan, and their collaboration continues in the following books.