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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

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 by a skilful manipulation of pressure points on the head and neck. She can see, hear and feel but she is completely unable to move or communicate. In leaving Alison Willetts alive, the police believe the killer's made his first mistake.Then DI T...

Pre-order the most shocking, twisty Thorne and Tanner thriller yet, WHAT THE NIGHT BRINGS, out June 2025. It's always the ones you trust the most . . .__________THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERYou never know who's watching . . .Every Monday evening, six people gather in a smart North London house to talk about addiction. There they share their d...

Available together for the first time at a special price, the classic, thrilling, groundbreaking books 2-4 in the iconic Tom Thorne series by No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Mark Billingham.'[Thorne] is one of the most compelling figures in contemporary crime fiction'DAILY MAIL'Billingham is always a must-read' HARLAN COBEN----------SCAREDY CATA viciou...

The first corpse was found hooded, bound, and naked, kneeling ona bare mattress in a seedy hotel room. This was no ordinary murder but rather the work of a killer driven by something special, somethingspectacular. The fact that the dead man was a convicted rapist recently released from prison only increases the bizarre nature of the gruesome crime ... and the police's reluctance to apprehend the perpetrator. It's the body count that troubles Detective Inspector Tom Thorne, as brutal slayin...

'Billingham gets better and better. These are stories and characters you don't want to leave' Michael ConnellyDon't miss Mark Billingham's brand-new thriller, The Wrong Hands, available to pre-order now!Three couples meet around the pool on their Florida holiday and become fast friends. But on their last night, their perfect holiday takes a tragic twist: the teenage daughter of another holidaymaker goes missing, and her body is...

Some fires never go out ...X marks the spot -- and when that spot is a corpse's naked back and the X is carved in blood, Detective Inspector Tom Thorne is in no doubt that the dead man is the latest victim of a particularly vicious contract killer. It's morbid and messy -- but it's a mystery with plenty of clues. This is turf warfare between North London gangs. Organized crime boss Billy Ryan is moving into someone else's territory, and that someone is ready to sta...

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 SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER******THE TIMES CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR***Pre-order the unputdownable new Detective Miller mystery, THE WRONG HANDS, now________________________My name is Alice. I'm a police officer.I'm trying to solve a murder on a psychiatric ward.But I'm also a patient...They were meant to be safe on Fleet Ward: psychi...

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 reduced to pushing papers . . . and is being encouraged to take a prolonged leave of duty.But someone is stalking the city's most destitute citizens. Three homeless men have recently been kicked to death, each brutalized corpse discovered with a banknote pinned to its chest. With nothing to...

THE FIRST NEW SERIES FROM #1 BESTSELLER MARK BILLINGHAM IN 20 YEARS.DON'T MISS THE NEXT BOOK IN THE DETECTIVE MILLER SERIES, THE WRONG HANDS, OUT NOW!____________'A captivating new series from Mark Billingham, the very best in the business' RICHARD OSMAN'An unmitigated joy from the very first page to last' DAILY MAIL'Funny, moving, and full of surprises ...

The ninth book in the Tom Thorne series, from bestselling author Mark Billingham.It has been a decade since Alan Langford's charred remains were discovered in his burnt-out car. His wife Donna was found guilty of conspiracy to murder her husband and served ten years in prison.But just before she is released, Donna receives a nasty shock: an anonymous letter containing a photo of her husband. The man she hates with every fibre of her being - the man she paid...