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'One of the great series of British crime fiction' --- THE TIMES'Cry Baby is the perfect prequel to send us back to revel in Tom Thorne's twenty years. As if we needed reminding how good Mark Billingh

A stunning 20th anniversary paperback edition of the groundbreaking first Tom Thorne novel, a case that changed crime fiction forever . . . Alison Willetts has survived a stroke, deliberately induced

The Missing Two schoolgirls are abducted in the small, dying Warwickshire town of Polesford, driving a knife into the heart of the community where police officer Helen Weeks grew up and from which she

In the latest Tom Thorne thriller from internationally bestselling author Mark Billingham, a seemingly straightforward suicide turns into a sinister story of obsession, deception, and murder.In the la

The latest thriller from internationally bestselling author Mark Billingham takes us back to the origins of Tom Thorne.In the summer of 1996, two boys run from a playground into the adjoining woods, b

The sixteenth book in the Tom Thorne series, from bestselling author Mark Billingham.'Hugely intelligent and authentic' BELINDA BAUER, AUTHOR OF SNAPShe says she's an ordinary mother.He knows a liar w

When DI Tom Thorne is called to conduct a routine assessment at the site of a su-icide, he expects to be in and out in no time. But when he arrives at the metro station, where a woman named Philippa G

She says she's an ordinary mother.He knows a liar when he sees one.Sarah thinks of herself as a normal single mum. It's what she wants others to think of her. But the truth is, she needs something new

Internationally bestselling author Mark Billingham's riveting new novel Love Like Blood marks the return of series character Tom Thorne, "the next superstar detective" (Lee Child), as he pairs up with

From “one of the most consistently entertaining, insightful crime writers working today” (Gillian Flynn), The Killing Habit again brings together favorite wild-card detective Tom Thorne and straight-l

“It’s maddening, the way Billingham keeps us in suspense . . . but we wouldn’t want it any other way.”—Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book ReviewIn the standalone novel Rush of Blood, internationally bestselling author Mark Billingham puts a sinister twist on a deceptively innocent topic: the beach vacation.Three British couples meet around the pool on their Florida holiday and become fast friends. But on Easter Sunday, the last day of their vacation, tragedy strikes: the fourteen-year-old daughter of an American vacationer goes missing, and her body is later found floating in the mangroves. When the shocked couples return home to the U.K., they remain in contact, and over the course of three increasingly fraught dinner parties they come to know one another better. But they don’t always like what they find. Buried beneath these apparently normal exteriors are some unusual kinks and unpleasant vices. Then, a second girl goes missing, in Kent?not far from where any of the couples lives.

From a master of the genre, Die of Shame is a chilling story of addiction, subterfuge, and murder.Every Monday evening, six people gather in a smart North London house to talk about shame. A respected

Internationally bestselling author Mark Billingham’s riveting new novel Love Like Blood marks the return of series character Tom Thorne, ?the next superstar detective” (Lee Child), as he pairs up with

Perfect strangers. A perfect holiday. The perfect murder.In the standalone novel Rush of Blood, internationally bestselling author Mark Billingham puts a sinister twist on a deceptively innocent topic

Time of Death is the astonishing thirteenth Tom Thorne novel from British crime master Mark Billingham, whose books have sold more than four million copies worldwide. InTime of Death, he weaves a grip

From British thriller master Mark Billingham, a recent finalist for the Crime Writers' Association Dagger in the Library,Die of Shame is a chilling story of addiction, subterfuge, and murder.Every Mon

The Bones Beneath, the twelfth novel in the internationally bestselling Tom Thorne series shows Thorne facing perhaps the most dangerous killer he has ever put away, Stuart Nicklin. When Nicklin annou

The astonishing thirteenth Tom Thorne novel is a story of kidnapping, the tabloid press, and a frightening case of mistaken identity.Tom Thorne is on holiday with his girlfriend DS Helen Weeks, when t

The astonishing thirteenth Tom Thorne novel is a story of kidnapping, the tabloid press, and a frightening case of mistaken identity.Tom Thorne is on holiday with his girlfriend DS Helen Weeks, when t

Mark Billingham is one of England’s best known and top-selling crime writers. In this, the gripping ninth Tom Thorne novel, a man long thought killed by his suffering wife turns up alive. And then oth

In The Bones Beneath, the latest addition to the internationally bestselling Tom Thorne series, Thorne once again must confront Stuart Nicklin, a master manipulator and ruthless murderer. When Nicklin

It's been twenty-five years since Tom Thorne last went to work wearing the "Queen's cloth" but now, having stepped out of line once too often, he's back in uniform. He's no longer a detective, and he

The Bones Beneath, the twelfth novel in the internationally bestselling Tom Thorne series shows Thorne facing perhaps the most dangerous killer he has ever put away, Stuart Nicklin. When Nicklin annou

In the ninth Tom Thorne novel, a man long thought killed by his long-suffering wife, turns up alive. And other people begin to turn up dead.A decade ago, Alan Langford’s charred remains were discovere

Struggling to adjust back to a life in service to the queen after 25 years as a detective, Tom Thorne is forced to work alone when he pursues suspicions that a spate of elderly suicides are more sinis

Now, killing is a team sport.It was a vicious, calculated murder. The killer selected his victim at London's Euston station, followed her home on the tube, strangled her to death in front of her child

"Tom Thorne is the new superstar detective...Mark Billingham is the new-wave leader of crime fiction."--Lee ChildThe Crime The customers in a London convenience store are taken captive. Amon

A killer is on the loose. The victims: children whose mothers can't protect them.The past is coming back to haunt the people of London: a murderer is targeting the children of victims of Raymond Garve

Winner of the UK's 2009 Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award It's carried by police officers to your door?the last words anyone ever wants to hear: The Death Message. Detective

Thorne looked at the picture, feeling the pulse quicken at the side of his neck. There were times when he couldn't see what was staring him in the face, but this, for better or worse, was his area o

Luke Mullen, the missing teenage son of a former police officer, was last seen getting into a car with an older woman. No one knows whether he went willingly or was abducted, whether he's living or de

Tom Thorne's career is on the skids. Having seriously crossed the line on his last case and depressed over the recent suspicious death of his father, the once ambitious police detective has been reduc

The first corpse was found hooded, bound, and naked, kneeling on a bare mattress in a seedy hotel room. This was no ordinary murder but rather the work of a killer driven by something special, somethi

From “one of the most consistently entertaining, insightful crime writers working today” (Gillian Flynn), The Killing Habit again brings together favorite wild-card detective Tom Thorne and straight-l

The Crime The customers in a London convenience store are taken captive. Among them is young mother, Detective Helen Weeks. She is told her life depends on the co-operation of one of her colleagues -

The past is coming back to haunt the people of London: a murderer is targeting the children of victims of Raymond Garvey, an infamous serial killer from London's past. When Murder Squad veteran Detect

Once burned . . . By rights, the horrific schoolyard crime should have been laid to rest twenty years ago. An alleged perpetrator confessed and now is growing old behind bars. But the case still hau