"Thefertility of Hill's imagination, the range of his power, the sheer quality ofhis literary style never ceases to delight." Val McDermid,author of Fever of the BoneIn a stand-alone psychological thrillerfrom acclaimed mystery master Reginald Hill, a mysterious ex-con returns to hisremote childhood home on a deadly hunt for revenge. Combining the chillingatmospheres of Thomas Harriss The Silence of the Lambs, the narrativeingenuity of P.D. Jamess The Private Patient, and the compellingcharacterizations of Hills own Dalziel and Pascoeseries, Hill delivers a frightful, fast-paced study of suspense at its mostsinister in The Woodcutter.