Product Description
Tom Thorne is on holiday with his girlfriend DS Helen Weeks, when two girls are abducted in Helens home town. When a body is discovered and a man is arrested, Helen recognizes the suspects wife as an old school-friend and returns home for the first time in twenty-five years to lend her support. As his partner faces up to a past she has tried desperately to forget and a media storm engulfs the town, Thorne becomes convinced that, despite overwhelming evidence of his guilt, the police have got the wrong man. There is still an extremely clever and killer on the loose and a missing girl who Thorne believes might still be alive.
Reviews/Praise
Praise for Mark Billingham:
Morse, Rebus, and now Thorne. The next superstar detective is already with usdont miss him.Lee Child
Billingham is one of the most consistently entertaining, insightful crime writers working today.Gillian Flynn
Billingham is a world-class crime writer and Tom Thorne is a wonderful creation. Rush to read these books.Karin Slaughter
With each of his books, Mark Billingham gets better and better. These are stories and characters you dont want to leave.Michael Connelly
Mark Billingham is one of my favorite new writers.Harlan Coben
"Billingham is one of the best crime novelists working today."Laura Lippman
Mark Billingham has brought a rare and welcome blend of humanity, dimension, and excitement to the genre.George Pelecanos
Billingham leaps to the upper echelons of crime fiction in one bound.John Harvey
Author Bio
MARK BILLINGHAM has twice won the Theakston’s Old Peculier Award for Best Crime Novel and also a Sherlock Award for Best Detective created by a British writer. Before becoming a bestselling crime thriller writer, he worked as an actor, television writer, and stand-up comedian. He lives in London with this wife and two children.
