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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

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____________

***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'...

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...

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...

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...

An "outstanding" novel featuring British detective Thorne investigating a string of murders after he receives text messages with photos of corpses. ( Publishers Weekly, starred review)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 of expertise. Thorne knew a dead man when he saw him.Delivering ...

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 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...

TOM THORNE IS BACK . . . AND SO IS HIS WORST NIGHTMAREA gripping, grisly read. Mark Billingham is a terrific crime writer' ----- ANTHONY HOROWITZTom Thorne has it all.In Nicola Tanner and Phil Hendricks, Thorne has good friends by his side. He finally has a love life worth a damn and is happy in the job to which he has devoted his life...He has everything to lose.Hunting the woman responsible for a s...

The blockbuster new thriller by number one Sunday Times and multi-million-selling master of crime fiction, Mark BillinghamYou'll never know my real name. You'll never know what I've done.I'm a former undercover police officer. Not that coppers like me ever get to walk away ... not really. Even when the case is done, we keep living the lie.After years on the force, I've finally managed to find some anonymity. A tedious job, a normal life. Bu...