A SERIES OF KILLINGS Three men, sleeping rough on London's mean streets, have been found brutally murdered - each victim kicked to death and found with a GBP20 note pinned to his chest. But were they killed at random, or were they targeted for a reason? A DEADLY MISSION Tom Thorne is posted to the same streets - working undercover, disguised as a homeless man. In a harsh and harrowing underworld, Thorne discovers the horrifying link between the homeless victims and the perpetrators of a fifteen-year-old atrocity. A RUTHLESS ENEMY Those who know are keeping quiet. But the word on these streets is that the killer is a cop...

A relentless and utterly compelling Tom Thorne thriller

About the Author
Mark Billingham has twice won the Theakston's Old Peculier Award for Crime Novel of the Year, and has also won a Sherlock Award for the Best Detective created by a British writer. Each of the novels featuring Detective Inspector Tom Thorne has been a Sunday Times bestseller. Sleepyhead and Scaredy Cat were made into a hit TV series on Sky 1 starring David Morrissey as Thorne, and a new series based on the novels In the Dark and Time of Death will be broadcast on BBC1 in 2017. Mark lives in north London with his wife and two children.

Reviews
Complex, thought-provoking and, in parts, very funny ... a tour de force Observer Murder and mystery do not come better than this What's on in London Assured and shocking thriller The Guardian A cunning variation on the serial-murder theme Sunday Telegraph



Book Information
ISBN 9780751548815
Author Mark Billingham
Format Paperback
Page Count 512
Imprint Sphere
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Weight(grams) 360g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 128mm * 34mm