The Dying Hours
May 2013 · Hachette UK
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The eleventh book in the Tom Thorne series, from bestselling author Mark Billingham.
'Expertly crafted, with a slam-dunk ending. The Dying Hours is a terrific read' Guardian
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.
'One of the great series of British crime fiction' The Times
'Billingham is a world-class writer' Karin Slaughter
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The outstanding new Tom Thorne thriller, THEIR LITTLE SECRET, is out now!
'Expertly crafted, with a slam-dunk ending. The Dying Hours is a terrific read' Guardian
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.
'One of the great series of British crime fiction' The Times
'Billingham is a world-class writer' Karin Slaughter
_____________________
The outstanding new Tom Thorne thriller, THEIR LITTLE SECRET, is out now!
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21 May 2014
As always as superb read.. from start to finish i was glued. Done the 496 pages in 2 days. Well worth reading
L Raven
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12 June 2014
I found myself reading this at work more often than I would like to to admit...!
Gem Dougal
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10 August 2014
Absolutely loved it! Read in two days couldn't put it down. Billingham is fantastic.
About the author
Mark Billingham has won numerous awards, being one of only two authors to twice win the Theakston's Old Peculier Award for Crime Novel of the Year. Each of his novels has been a Sunday Times bestseller, including all those in his two series, Tom Thorne and Declan Miller. Sleepyhead and Scaredy Cat were made into a hit TV series on Sky 1, and a series based on the novels In the Dark and Time of Death was broadcast on BBC1. Mark lives in north London with his wife and two children.
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