"A British police procedural as good as those produced by crime queens Elizabeth George and Ruth Rendell." — USA TodayHis first three victims ended up dead. His fourth was not so fortunate . . .Alison Willetts is unlucky to be alive. She has survived a stroke, deliberately induced by a skillful manipulation of pressure points on the head and neck. She can see, hear, and feel and is aware of everything going on around her, but is completely...

An "outstanding" novel featuring British detective Thorne investigating a string of murders after he receives text messages with photos of corpses. ( Publishers Weekly, starred review)Thorne looked at the picture, feeling the pulse quicken at the side of his neck. There were times when he couldn't see what was staring him in the face, but this, for better or worse, was his area of expertise. Thorne knew a dead man when he saw him.Delivering ...

Two boys run into the woods—but only one returns—in this new mystery from the award-winning "first-rate British crime writer" ( The Washington Post).In the summer of 1996, two boys run from a playground into the adjoining woods, but only one comes out. DS Tom Thorne takes on the case—which quickly spirals out of control when two people connected to the missing boy are murdered.As London prepares to host the European Soccer Championships, Thorne fig...

A brutal murder casts suspicion on a London therapy group in this thriller from the author of The Bones Beneath: "One of my favorite new writers" (Harlan Coben).Every Monday evening, six people gather in a smart North London house to talk about shame. Among them are a grieving surgeon, a betrayed housewife, a taunting gay model, a barely recovered heroin addict. All they have in common is a history of pain and compulsions—until they're li...

A gripping standalone thriller from the "first-rate British crime writer" and internationally bestselling author of the Tom Thorne novels ( The Washington Post).Alice Armitage is a police officer. Or she was.Or perhaps she just imagines she was.Whatever the truth is, following a debilitating bout of PTSD, self-medication with drink and drugs, and a psychotic breakdown, Alice is now a long-term patient in an acute psychiatr...

Perfect strangers. A perfect vacation. The perfect murder. . . . "Hugely effective and entertaining [with] many twists and shocks" ( The Times, London).Three British couples meet around the pool on their Florida holiday and become fast friends. But on Easter Sunday, the last day of their vacation, tragedy strikes: The fourteen-year-old daughter of an American vacationer goes missing, and her body is later found floating in the ma...

A woman's suicide puts a detective on the trail of a cold-hearted con artist: "Outstanding . . . a maximum of suspense" ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).When DI Tom Thorne is called to the site of a suicide, he expects to be in and out in no time. But when he arrives at the Underground station where a woman named Philippa Goodwin threw herself in front of a train, he inexplicably senses something awry and feels compelled to dig deeper. He soon discover...

In this "chilling and moving" international bestseller, two of London's toughest detectives investigate the savage world of honor killings ( The Times, London).In Love Like Blood, DI Tom Thorne, "the next superstar detective," teams up with perfectionist DI Nicola Tanner, the protagonist of Billingham's acclaimed stand-alone thriller Die of Shame (Lee Child).When her domestic partner Susan is brutally murdered, Nicola Tanner is co...

Amazon Editors' Pick in Best Mystery, Thriller & SuspenseDeadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine's Best Mystery/Crime Novels of 2024The Financial Times Best Crime Books of SummerThis is one case Detective Miller won't want to open . . .The second rip-roaring mystery from multi-award-winning international bestseller Mark Billingham starring Detective Miller: unique,...

K illing becomes a twisted team sport in this " smart, fast-paced procedural" from the award-winning author of Sleepyhead ( Booklist).It was a vicious, calculated murder. The killer selected his victim at London's Euston station, followed her home on the tube, strangled her to death in front of her child. At the same time, killed in the same way, a second body is discovered at the back of King's Cross station. It ...

A murder-for-hire goes wrong in this thriller by "one of the most consistently entertaining, insightful crime writers working today" (Gillian Flynn).After Alan Langford's charred remains were found in his burnt-out Jaguar, his abused, long-suffering wife, Donna, was found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder and sentenced to ten years at Wakefield Prison. It was worth the time. But shortly before her release, Donna receives a nasty shock: an anonymous letter conta...

"The next superstar detective" is back to stop a serial killer with a bizarre pattern—his victims are all taking their own lives (Lee Child).Recently demoted for stepping out of line once too often, prickly inspector Tom Thorne is convinced that a spate of suicides among the elderly in south London is something more sinister. When his concerns are dismissed by former colleagues at the CID, and even by his patient girlfriend, Thorne can only trust himself and his be...