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The Dying Hours
By Mark BillinghamPublisher Description
“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 best friend—gay pub-crawling pathologist Phil Hendricks—with his suspicions of murder.
Thorne draws a chilling connection between the deaths and a controversial case three decades old. But by going solo with his investigation, he not only risks the lives of those closest to him, but also further endangers those being targeted by a deranged killer—a man with the power and cold-blooded motives to coerce his vulnerable victims toward a breathtaking end.
“Tom Thorne, the hero of a well-groomed series of police procedurals” by multiple award-winning Mark Billingham, returns—and he’s “on the hunt for a killer who proves to be extremely clever and really, really mean” (The New York Times Book Review).
“One of the most consistently entertaining, insightful crime writers working today.” —Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl
“Fiendishly clever . . . with the last sharp twist saved for the final page.” —Tampa Bay Times
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 best friend—gay pub-crawling pathologist Phil Hendricks—with his suspicions of murder.
Thorne draws a chilling connection between the deaths and a controversial case three decades old. But by going solo with his investigation, he not only risks the lives of those closest to him, but also further endangers those being targeted by a deranged killer—a man with the power and cold-blooded motives to coerce his vulnerable victims toward a breathtaking end.
“Tom Thorne, the hero of a well-groomed series of police procedurals” by multiple award-winning Mark Billingham, returns—and he’s “on the hunt for a killer who proves to be extremely clever and really, really mean” (The New York Times Book Review).
“One of the most consistently entertaining, insightful crime writers working today.” —Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl
“Fiendishly clever . . . with the last sharp twist saved for the final page.” —Tampa Bay Times
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“Having read the first seven DI Thorne's in only a few days (intermixed with the DS McRae books by MacBride), I was thrilled to actually meet Mark Billingham and get a personalized ARC of the 11th book. Squee! /fangirl moment
Newly demoted Inspector Thorne is now walking - well, driving - the beat, managing other "regular" police as they patrol. He's also in charge of a lot of paperwork. Yay. And then there's his domestic situation, living (mostly) with Helen and her son. One night there's a dual suicide that for some reason just doesn't feel right. You know, that hunch thing. That thing that all too frequently gets Thorne into trouble... Despite being relegated to South London, he gets his friends Holland, Kitson and Hendricks to help investigate what is clearly not a real murder. Need I go further? There's less whodunnit here than there is a whydunnit and a "will they get him".
The later books are less bleak than the earlier ones, which I have mixed feelings about. It is nice to have the characters show some growth, but not so much that this veers into soap territory - nor has the cast become unweildly large. For some reason this was a faster read than the previous ones. Luckily for me, I still have books 8-10 to read while he writes Book 12.
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About Mark Billingham
Mark Billingham has twice won the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award and also won the Sherlock Award for Best Detective Created by a British Author. His books, which include the critically acclaimed Tom Thorne Novels, have been translated into twenty-five languages and have sold over four million copies. He lives in London.
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