MARK BILLINGHAM

A cluster of suicides among the elderly. Such things are not unknown to the police and the deaths are quickly dismissed by the police as routine. Only one man is convinced that something more sinister is taking place. However, no one listens to Tom Thorne anymore. Having stepped out of line once too often, he's back in uniform and he hates it. Patronised and abused by his new colleagues, Thorne's suspicions about the suicides are dismissed by the Murder Squad he was once part of and he is forced to investigate alone. Unable to trust anyone, Thorne must risk losing those closest to him.He must gamble with the lives of those targeted by a killer unlike any he has hunted before. A man with nothing to lose and a growing list of victims. A man with the power to make people take their own lives. Tom Thorne returns in Billingham's most compelling thriller to date. The Dying Hours is a haunting portrait of London's dark heart, and the darker heart of a twisted killer bringing terror to its streets.

Perfect strangers. A perfect holiday. The perfect murder...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 later found floating in the mangroves. When the shocked couples return home, they remain in contact, and over the course of three increasingly fraught dinner parties they come to know one another better. But they don''t always like what they find: buried beneath these apparently normal exteriors are some dark secrets, hidden kinks, ugly vices...Then, a second girl goes missing. Could it be that one of these six has a secret far darker than anybody can imagine? A brilliantly plotted, utterly gripping thriller about the danger of making friends on holiday, Rush of Blood is Mark Billingham''s most ambitious and accomplished work to date.

A rainy night in London. Shots are fired into a car which swerves on to the pavement, ploughing into a bus stop. It seems that a chilling gang initiation has cost an innocent victim their life. But the reality is far more sinister...One life is wiped out and three more are changed forever: the young man whose finger was on the trigger; an ageing gangster planning a deadly revenge, and the pregnant woman who struggles desperately to uncover the truth. Two weeks away from giving birth, how will she deal with a world where death is an occupational hazard? In a city where violence can be random or meticulously planned, where teenage gangs clash with career criminals and where loyalty is paid for in blood, anything is possible. Secrets are uncovered as fast as bodies, and the story''s final twist is as breathtakingly surprising as they come.

The Missing Two schoolgirls are abducted in the small, dying Warwickshire town of Polesford, driving a knife into the heart of the community where police officer Helen Weeks grew up and from which she long ago escaped. But this is a place full of secrets, where dangerous truths lie buried. The Accused When it's splashed all over the press that family man Stephen Bates has been arrested, Helen and her partner Tom Thorne head to the flooded town to support Bates' wife - an old school friend of Helen's - who is living under siege with two teenage children and convinced of her husband's innocence. The Dead As residents and media bay for Bates' blood, a decomposing body is found. The police believe they have their murderer in custody, but one man believes otherwise. With a girl still missing, Thorne sets himself on a collision course with local police, townsfolk - and a merciless killer. Tom Thorne returns in a chilling mystery that will keep readers guessing until the final page. Time of Death is Mark Billingham's most timely, atmospheric thriller to date.

En los suburbios londinenses donde la violencia es fortuita y donde la lealtad se paga con sangre, cualquier cosa es posible. Durante una noche de lluvia, Theo Shirley, un chico de diecisiete años, dispara al coche de una mujer cumpliendo así con la ceremonia de iniciación para formar parte de una banda. Ella no muere, pero su coche se estrella contra una parada de autobuses, matando a un policía. La novia de éste, también policía, no acepta que su muerte haya sido un accidente. En su deseo por descubrir la verdad, llevará a cabo su propia investigación e irá descubriendo oscuros secretos que nos conducirán a un sorprendente giro final de la historia.

A uniquely disturbing thriller from the bestselling creator of the Inspector Thorne novels"In The Dark" is not only a top-notch mystery and a convincing portrait of crack-dealing on south London estates but a moving exploration of grief.

Mark BillinghamNow in A format. The new Tom Thorne novel from Britain's fastest selling crime writer The first message sent to Tom Thorne's mobile phone was just a picture - the blurred image of a man's face, but Thorne had seen enough dead bodies in his time to know that the man was no longer alive. But who was he? Who sent the photograph? And why? While the technical experts attempt to trace the sender, Thorne searches the daily police bulletins for a reported death that matches the photograph. Then another picture arrives. Another dead man... It is the identities of the murdered men which give Thorne his first clue, a link to a dangerous killer he'd put away years before and who is still in prison. With a chilling talent for manipulation, this man has led another inmate to plot revenge on everyone he blames for his current incarceration, and for the murder of his family while he was inside. Newly released, this convict has no fear of the police, no feelings for those he is compelled to murder. Now Tom Thorne must face one of the toughest challenges of his career, knowing that there is no killer more dangerous than one who has nothing left to lose.

Meet Detective Miller: unique, unconventional, and criminally underestimated...He's a detective, a dancer, he has no respect for authority - and he's the best hope Blackpool has for keeping criminals off the streets. Meet Detective Declan Miller.A double murder in a seaside hotel sees a grieving Miller return to work to solve what appears to be a case of mistaken identity. Just why were two completely unconnected men taken out?Despite a somewhat dubious relationship with both reality and his new partner, can the eccentric, offbeat Miller find answers where his colleagues have found only an impossible puzzle?

Luke Mullen, un adolescente, no ha vuelto a casa. Sus compañeros del colegio lo vieron por última vez subiendo a un coche con una mujer, y no está claro si se ha marchado voluntariamente o ha sido secuestrado.Hijo de un ex inspector de policia, Luke carece de antecedentes de absentismo escolar o mala conducta. Los policias que buscan al muchacho tienen la firme conviccion de que se trata de un secuestro. Y saben que, cuanto mas tiempo pase, mas probabilidades hay de que Luke aparezca muerto.Y entonces su familia recibe una cinta de video...El Inspector Tom Thorne, asignado con caracter especial a la Unidad de Secuestros, busca desesperadamente al muchacho, y de paso investiga a todos aquellos que podrian guardarle rencor a el o su familia, a partir de una lista elaborada por el padre de Luke, que como inspector jefe de la Policia habia retirado de la circulacion a numerosos criminales. Pero en esa lista falta un nombre: el de un delincuente que amenazo en publico al padre de la victima y que es el principal sospechoso de un asesinato sin resolver.Tom Thorne pronto se dara cuenta de que no puede permitirse el lujo de perder el tiempo, y que tendra que excavar profundamente en el pasado, removiendo casos anteriores y episodios olvidados. Algunos secretos se ocultan tan facilmente como un cuerpo, y aunque Luke Mullen sigue vivo, dejarse llevar por las evidencias y las suposiciones es la manera mas facil de hacer que acabe muerto y bajo tierra.Luke Mullen, un adolescente, no ha vuelto a casa. Sus compañeros del colegio lo vieron por última vez subiendo a un coche con una mujer, y no está claro si se ha marchado voluntariamente o ha sido secuestrado.Hijo de un ex inspector de policia, Luke carece de antecedentes de absentismo escolar o mala conducta. Los policias que buscan al muchacho tienen la firme conviccion de que se trata de un secuestro. Y saben que, cuanto mas tiempo pase, mas probabilidades hay de que Luke aparezca muerto.Y entonces su familia recibe una cinta de video...El Inspector Tom Thorne, asignado con caracter especial a la Unidad de Secuestros, busca desesperadamente al muchacho, y de paso investiga a todos aquellos que podrian guardarle rencor a el o su familia, a partir de una lista elaborada por el padre de Luke, que como inspector jefe de la Policia habia retirado de la circulacion a numerosos criminales. Pero en esa lista falta un nombre: el de un delincuente que amenazo en publico al padre de la victima y que es el principal sospechoso de un asesinato sin resolver.Tom Thorne pronto se dara cuenta de que no puede permitirse el lujo de perder el tiempo, y que tendra que excavar profundamente en el pasado, removiendo casos anteriores y episodios olvidados. Algunos secretos se ocultan tan facilmente como un cuerpo, y aunque Luke Mullen sigue vivo, dejarse llevar por las evidencias y las suposiciones es la manera mas facil de hacer que acabe muerto y bajo tierra.

Thorne is back, and bigger than ever. The Hostage Police officer Helen Weeks walks into her local newsagent's on her way to work. Little does she know that this simple daily ritual will change her life forever. It's the last place she expects to be met with violence, but as she waits innocently at the till, she comes face to face with a gunman. The Demand The crazed hostage-taker is desperate to know what really happened to his beloved son, who died a year before in youth custody. By holding a police officer at gunpoint, he will force the one man who knows more about the case than any other to re-investigate his son's death. That man is DI Tom Thorne. The Twist While Helen fights to stay alive and the body-count rises,Thorne must race against time if he is to bring a killer to justice and save a young mother's life.

El inspector Tom Thorne ha visto muchos cadáveres en su vida. Pero cuando empieza a recibir en el teléfono móvil las macabras fotos de una serie de personas asesinadas, no tarda en darse cuenta de que tal vez elsiguiente cadaver sea el suyo. Incluso tras localizar al hombre que esta mandando las fotos, la amenaza no desaparece. Para algunos el caso esta practicamente cerrado, aunque la pesadilla de Thorne no ha hecho mas que empezar.El inspector Tom Thorne ha visto muchos cadáveres en su vida. Pero cuando empieza a recibir en el teléfono móvil las macabras fotos de una serie de personas asesinadas, no tarda en darse cuenta de que tal vez elsiguiente cadaver sea el suyo. Incluso tras localizar al hombre que esta mandando las fotos, la amenaza no desaparece. Para algunos el caso esta practicamente cerrado, aunque la pesadilla de Thorne no ha hecho mas que empezar.

When a dead body is found in a North London flat, it seems like a straightforward domestic murder until a bloodstained sliver of X-ray is found clutched in the dead woman's fist - and it quickly becomes clear that this case is anything but ordinary. DI Thorne discovers that the victim's mother had herself been murdered fifteen years before by infamous serial killer Raymond Garvey. The hunt to catch Garvey was one of the biggest in the history of the Met, and ended with seven women dead.When more bodies and more fragments of X-ray are discovered, Thorne has a macabre jigsaw to piece together until the horrifying picture finally emerges. A killer is targeting the children of Raymond Garvey's victims. Thorne must move quickly to protect those still on the murderer's list, but nothing and nobody are what they seem. Not when Thorne is dealing with one of the most twisted killers he has ever hunted...

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 to have murdered ? seems very much alive and well. How is it possible that her husband is still alive? Where is he? Who sent the photo, and why? DI Tom Thorne becomes involved in a case where nothing and no one are what they seem. It will take him much further from his London beat than he has ever been before ? and closer to a killer who will do anything to protect his new life.

The Hostage Police officer Helen Weeks walks into her local newsagent's on her way to work Little does she know that this simple daily ritual will change her life forever It's the last place she expects to be met with violence, but as she waits innocently at the till, she comes face to face with a gunman...

Alison Willetts sufre la desdicha de continuar convida. Sobrevivió a una apoplejía, provocada deliberadamentepor una diestra manipulación sobre ciertospuntos sensibles de la cabeza y el cuello. Puedever, escuchar y sentir; percibe todo lo que sucede asu alrededor, pero esta totalmente incapacitada paramoverse o comunicarse.La policia piensa que el asesino cometio su primergran error al dejar a Alison Willetts con vida, peroel detective Tom Thorne descubre la horripilanterealidad: el error no es el cometido con Alison, sinocon las tres mujeres que ya ha asesinado. Hay unpremeditado margen de error en el modo en que elasesino ha acabado con ellas y Thorne esta convencidode que habra mas victimas. Debe encontrar alhombre que posee esa terrorifica agenda y Alison esla unica persona que tiene la clave para descubrirle.Alison Willetts sufre la desdicha de continuar convida. Sobrevivió a una apoplejía, provocada deliberadamentepor una diestra manipulación sobre ciertospuntos sensibles de la cabeza y el cuello. Puedever, escuchar y sentir; percibe todo lo que sucede asu alrededor, pero esta totalmente incapacitada paramoverse o comunicarse.La policia piensa que el asesino cometio su primergran error al dejar a Alison Willetts con vida, peroel detective Tom Thorne descubre la horripilanterealidad: el error no es el cometido con Alison, sinocon las tres mujeres que ya ha asesinado. Hay unpremeditado margen de error en el modo en que elasesino ha acabado con ellas y Thorne esta convencidode que habra mas victimas. Debe encontrar alhombre que posee esa terrorifica agenda y Alison esla unica persona que tiene la clave para descubrirle.

The DealTom Thorne is back in charge - but there''s a terrifying price to pay. Stuart Nicklin, the most dangerous psychopath he has ever put behind bars, promises to reveal the whereabouts of a body he buried twenty-five years before. But only if Thorne agrees to escort him.The DangerUnable to refuse, Thorne gathers a team and travels to a remote Welsh island, at the mercy of the weather and cut off from the mainland. Thorne is determined to get the job done and return home before Nicklin can outwit them.The DeathsBut Nicklin knows this island well and has had time to plan ahead. Soon, new bodies are added to the old, and Thorne finds himself facing the toughest decision he has ever had to make...Tom Thorne returns in this utterly gripping, brilliantly plotted thriller. The Bones Beneath is Mark Billingham''s most ambitious and accomplished work to date.

The Deal Tom Thorne is back in charge - but there's a terrifying price to pay. Stuart Nicklin, the most dangerous psychopath he has ever put behind bars, promises to reveal the whereabouts of a body he buried twenty-five years before. But only if Thorne agrees to escort him. The Danger Unable to refuse, Thorne gathers a team and travels to a remote Welsh island, at the mercy of the weather and cut off from the mainland. Thorne is determined to get the job done and return home before Nicklin can outwit them. The Deaths But Nicklin knows this island well and has had time to plan ahead. Soon, new bodies are added to the old, and Thorne finds himself facing the toughest decision he has ever had to make...Tom Thorne returns in this utterly gripping, brilliantly plotted thriller. The Bones Beneath is Mark Billingham's most ambitious and accomplished work to date.

Full of betrayal, deceit and suspense, Die of Shame is the spectacular new book from number one bestseller Mark Billingham - author of Time of Death and In the Dark, both soon to be major BBC series. Every Monday evening, six people gather in a smart North London house to talk about addiction. There they share their deepest secrets: stories of lies, regret, and above all, shame. Then one of them is killed - and it's clear one of the circle was responsible. Detective Inspector Nicola Tanner quickly finds her investigation hampered by the strict confidentiality that binds these people and their therapist together. So what could be shameful enough to cost someone their life? And how do you find the truth when denial and deception are second nature to all of your suspects?

It'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 solitary witness. The strange neighbour. The friendly teacher. All are in Thorne's sights.This case will be the making of him . . . or the breaking.The gripping prequel to Mark Billingham's acclaimed debut, Sleepyhead, Cry Baby is the shocking first case for one of British crime fiction's most iconic detectives.