“Beneath the bleeding hands, we feel the sharp compassion
of the healer’s art…”
--- T.S. Eliot
Val McDermid, the author of the popular Tony Hill novels, feels
that violence in her books must have a role in the plot and
storytelling. Her latest work, BENEATH THE BLEEDING, is no
exception.
Dr. Tony Hill’s day starts off normally enough, but soon
it takes a near-fatal turn when he races from his counseling office
in Bradfield Moor, a psychiatric facility housing violent, unstable