The sixth hard-hitting Thorne thriller
The hunt for a former high-ranking police officer's missing son leads Detective Inspector Tom Thorne into a grisly maze of past cases and past lives. And if he's not careful, he, too, will wind up dead and buried.
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The sixth hard-hitting Thorne thriller
The hunt for a former high-ranking police officer's missing son leads Detective Inspector Tom Thorne into a grisly maze of past cases and past lives. And if he's not careful, he, too, will wind up dead and buried.
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A MISSING BOY. Teenager Luke Mullen was last seen getting into a car with an older woman. No one can understand why he has disappeared. His father - a former police officer - knows all too well that the longer he is missing, the more likely he is to turn up dead.
A TERRIFYING VIDEO. Then Luke's parents receive an anonymous video. It shows their son, eyes wide with terror, as a man advances towards him holding a syringe.
A RACE AGAINST TIME. DI Tom Thorne recognises a psychopath when he sees one. And the scene on the tape chills him to the bone - he knows that a child's life hangs in the balance and that every minute counts...
Awards
Short-listed for Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2008 (UK)
Critic Reviews
“A cunning variation on the serial-murder theme-- Sunday Telegraph”
Murder and mystery do not come better than this What's on in London A brisk, racy read The Times Assured and shocking thriller The Guardian A cunning variation on the serial-murder theme Sunday Telegraph
About the Author
Mark Billingham is the author of eleven bestselling novels and the creator of the Thorne series. He has twice won the Theakston's Old Peculier prize for best novel of the year. He lives in North London with his family.
A MISSING BOY. Teenager Luke Mullen was last seen getting into a car with an older woman. No one can understand why he has disappeared. His father - a former police officer - knows all too well that the longer he is missing, the more likely he is to turn up dead.A TERRIFYING VIDEO. Then Luke's parents receive an anonymous video. It shows their son, eyes wide with terror, as a man advances towards him holding a syringe.A RACE AGAINST TIME. DI Tom Thorne recognises a psychopath when he sees one. And the scene on the tape chills him to the bone - he knows that a child's life hangs in the balance and that every minute counts...
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