The Retribution
- Published
- 1 January 2011
- Pages
- 414
- ISBN-13
- 9780748125784
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Retribution sits between Fever of the Bone and Cross and Burn in the Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series, arriving in 2011. The consequences of earlier cases continue to carry forward, part of a series McDermid never rushes toward resolution.
Key facts about The Retribution
Val McDermid wrote The Retribution, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2011. The book has 414 pages.
We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780748125784 to find the main one.
The Retribution is book 7 of 11 in the Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series. The series has 11 published books. However, the series starts with The Mermaids Singing (1995).
Additionally, Val McDermid writes Lindsay Gordon, Kate Brannigan and Karen Pirie, plus 1 more series. Those series sit on our crime fiction shelf. Meanwhile, This Door of the Seas is the latest published Val McDermid book on file, from 6 August 2026.
About Val McDermid
Val McDermid is a Scottish crime writer whose career spans nearly four decades and five distinct series, making her one of the most prolific and structurally ambitious authors working in British crime fiction. See every Val McDermid book in order.
Its place in Tony Hill and Carol Jordan
The Retribution is book 7 in the Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series. It follows Fever of the Bone. It is followed by Cross and Burn. See the full Tony Hill and Carol Jordan reading order.
Val McDermid's best-known series pairs Tony Hill, a clinical psychologist and profiler with a troubled personal history and an unnerving gift for thinking like the killers he hunts, with Carol Jordan, a police officer whose career and personal life become entangled with his across two decades of investigations. The opening book, The Mermaids Singing (1995), won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger and set the template for the psychological-thriller-plus-procedural hybrid McDermid became known for: visceral…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780748125784
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780751546057
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780751548105