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The new thriller from Mark Billingham, author of the Tom Thorne and D.S. Miller series, full of tension, wit and incredible twists.You'll never know my real name. You'll never know what I've done.I'm a former undercover police officer. 'Former', because we don't get to retire, not really. Even after the case is done, we keep living the lie.After years on the job, I've finally managed to find some anonymity. A tedious job, a normal life. But then a y...

The new Detective Miller thriller from bestselling author Mark Billingham, full of tension, wit and incredible twists.'I'm excited to have found a new favourite detective' CLAIRE DOUGLAS'Edge-of-your-seat tension, wit and heart - fantastic!' LISA JEWELL'Funny, moving, and full of surprises. An absolute treat' MICK HERRON'Billingham at his best' The Times

On an island off the Welsh coast, Inspector Thorne faces a sadistic adversary who’ll “certainly make your skin crawl” (The New York Times Book Review).Who’d trust a depraved killer like Stuart Nicklin? Tom Thorne, the DI who put him away, has to. Nicklin has promised to bring closure to the grieving mother of one of his first victims by finally revealing where the body can be found. But there’s just one condition: Thorne must accompany him to the burial gr...

"A British police procedural as good as those produced by crime queens Elizabeth George and Ruth Rendell." — USA TodayHis first three victims ended up dead. His fourth was not so fortunate . . .Alison Willetts is unlucky to be alive. She has survived a stroke, deliberately induced by a skillful manipulation of pressure points on the head and neck. She can see, hear, and feel and is aware of everything going on around her, but is completely...

A brutal murder casts suspicion on a London therapy group in this thriller from the author of The Bones Beneath: "One of my favorite new writers" (Harlan Coben).Every Monday evening, six people gather in a smart North London house to talk about shame. Among them are a grieving surgeon, a betrayed housewife, a taunting gay model, a barely recovered heroin addict. All they have in common is a history of pain and compulsions—until they're li...

TOM THORNE IS BACK WITH HIS MOST SHOCKING CASE YET...____________'Billingham only gets better' MICHAEL CONNELLY'Sensational, masterful, sharp and shocking' CHRIS WHITAKER'The best Tom Thorne novel yet' MICK HERRON'One of crime fiction's finest' KARIN SLAUGHTER'Billingham is on top form' THE TIMES____________

Two British police detectives take on a case close to home: "One of the most consistently entertaining, insightful crime writers working today" (Gillian Flynn).One of Entertainment Weekly's "10 Great Summer Thrillers"Tom Thorne is on holiday with his girlfriend, DS Helen Weeks, when two girls are abducted in Helen's hometown in Warwickshire. When a body is discovered and a man is arrested, Helen recognizes the suspect's wife as an old school friend...

***THE SHADOW STEP is the latest novel in the thrilling Detective Miller series, available to order now***This is one case Miller won't want to open . . .____________'I'm excited to have found a new favourite detective' CLAIRE DOUGLAS'Neat plot twists and a likable cast of offbeat characters, all served up with plenty of black humour'MAIL ON SUNDAY'Simply fantastic'...

"The next superstar detective" is back to stop a serial killer with a bizarre pattern—his victims are all taking their own lives (Lee Child).Recently demoted for stepping out of line once too often, prickly inspector Tom Thorne is convinced that a spate of suicides among the elderly in south London is something more sinister. When his concerns are dismissed by former colleagues at the CID, and even by his patient girlfriend, Thorne can only trust himself and his be...

'One of the great series of British crime fiction' --- THE TIMESIt's 1996. Detective Sergeant Tom Thorne is a haunted man. Haunted by the moment he ignored his instinct about a suspect, by the horrific crime that followed and by the memories that come day and night, in sunshine and shadow.So when seven-year-old Kieron Coyne goes missing while playing in the woods with his best friend, Thorne vows he will not make the same mistake again. Cannot.The...

A murder-for-hire goes wrong in this thriller by "one of the most consistently entertaining, insightful crime writers working today" (Gillian Flynn).After Alan Langford's charred remains were found in his burnt-out Jaguar, his abused, long-suffering wife, Donna, was found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder and sentenced to ten years at Wakefield Prison. It was worth the time. But shortly before her release, Donna receives a nasty shock: an anonymous letter conta...

'Groundbreaking and gripping' Sunday TimesA BLOODY MESSAGEAs DI Nicola Tanner investigates what appears to be a series of organised killings, her partner Susan is brutally murdered, leaving the detective bereft, and vengeful.A POWERFUL ALLYTaken off the case, Tanner enlists the help of DI Tom Thorne to pursue a pair of ruthless killers and the broker handing out the deadly contracts...