Author: markbillingham

Two little boys went to play in the woods, but only one came back… Detective sergeant Tom Thorne hunts for a kidnapper in this “superb” procedural novel with “tantalizing red herrings” and a “masterly ending” (Publishers Weekly).

A woman’s suicide puts a detective on the trail of a cold-hearted con artist: “Outstanding . . . a maximum of suspense” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).   When DI Tom Thorne is called to the site of a suicide, he expects to be in and out in no time. But when he arrives at the Underground station where a woman named Philippa Goodwin threw herself in front of a train, he inexplicably senses … a train, he inexplicably senses something awry and feels compelled to dig deeper. He soon discovers that she was the victim of a callous con man who preys on…

When a killer leaves his latest victim alive but unable to move or speak, DI Tom Thorne is sucked into a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an enemy who has nothing to lose. “Billingham is a world-class crime writer, and Tom Thorne is a wonderful creation. Rush to read these books” (Karin Slaughter).