The Last Temptation (novel)

{{Short description|2002 crime novel by Val McDermid}}

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| image = The Last Temptation (novel).jpg

| caption = First edition ({{abbreviation|publ.|published by}} HarperCollins)

| isbn = 0-312-29089-6

| pub_date = September 1, 2002

| publisher = Minotaur Books (US)

| author = Val McDermid

| isbn_note = (US)

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The Last Temptation (2002) is a crime novel by Scottish author Val McDermid,{{Cite web |date=2002-08-01 |title=The Last Temptation |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/val-mcdermid/the-last-temptation/ |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=Kirkus Reviews}}{{Cite web |date=July 2002 |title=The Last Temptation |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/The-Last-Temptation-Val-McDermid/pid=1122678 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=Booklist}}{{Cite web |date=2002-08-12 |title=THE LAST TEMPTATION by Val McDermid |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780312290894 |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=29 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329110857/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780312290894 |url-status=live }} the third in her acclaimed Dr. Tony Hill series, which has been adapted into the ITV television drama Wire in the Blood, starring Robson Green. This particular novel served loosely as the basis for recent episode Falls the Shadow.{{Cite web |title=The Last Temptation |url=http://www.valmcdermid.com/pages/books/lastemp.html |url-status=dead |website=Val McDermid |access-date=4 October 2008 |archive-date=11 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011042437/http://www.valmcdermid.com/pages/books/lastemp.html }}