Love Like Blood
Written by Mark Billingham — It must be easy for a series author to fall into a pattern, giving us murder by numbers and keeping an established audience happy with a book a year. But we knew there would be something special about Love Like Blood, Mark…
First look: Love Like Blood by Mark Billingham
We had to bring you this the instant we got hold of it. English author Mark Billingham has been through a great deal with his famed detective DI Tom Thorne, but never before have they tackled the gut-wrenching topic of honour killing. Above, you can…
Time of Death by Mark Billingham
Crime fiction’s grumpiest copper is back. DI Tom Thorne has recovered from his ordeal on the remote island of Bardsey (read our review of The Bones Beneath) and is enjoying some long overdue family time. With his partner, fellow officer Helen Weeks, he’s trying to…
The Bones Beneath
Written by Mark Billingham — In Tom Thorne’s last outing, The Dying Hours, having been busted down to uniform for one too many indiscretions, our hero ends up hospitalised with a bullet wound. His boss says, “I’ve got good news and bad news….” Not far…
The Dying Hours
Written by Mark Billingham — Inspector Tom Thorne is a grizzled veteran of a dozen hardcore murder investigations, with both Lazybones (2004) and Death Message (2009) winning that top UK accolade, the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award. After a year away…
Thorne is back: seeing is believing
Mark Billingham fans, have you been wondering what happened to his killer-catching cop Tom Thorne? Well, your wait is over because today Little Brown has unveiled the eleventh Thorne thriller, The Dying Hours. You know how much we like our debossed, silver foil and spot-UV…
Top five: Crime picks for Dad on Father's Day
If your old man already has a drawer full of ties, novelty socks and monogrammed hankies from previous Father’s Days, then how about giving him something a little bit more challenging? Here are stories to keep him intrigued, amused, thrilled and puzzled – five top…