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A full-cast, unabridged production of Cry Baby, the gripping prequel to Mark Billingham's acclaimed debut, Sleepyhead. Starring David Morrissey, Robert Glenister and a full cast of actors, with the narrator played by Mark Billingham. Cry Baby is the shocking first case for one of British crime...

'Fast-paced and twisting' PAULA HAWKINS, author of THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN 'At the very least it should reach the shortlist of this year's Booker prize' THE TIMES __________ Pre-order Mark Billingham's pulse-racing new Tom Thorne thriller, THE MURDER BOOK, now! __________ My name is Alice. I'm a...

Jessica Clarke had been set alight twenty years ago. Her attacker, quickly tracked down and eager to confess, is still in jail, his career as a hitman for North London gangs now well behind him. So who is harassing Carol Chamberlain, the arresting officer, and claiming that he is one who burned...

Perfect strangers. A perfect holiday. The perfect murder... Three couples meet around the pool on their Florida holiday and become fast friends. But on their last night, their perfect holiday takes a tragic twist: the teenage daughter of another holidaymaker goes missing, and her body is later...

The sixteenth book in the Tom Thorne series, from bestselling author Mark Billingham. 'Hugely intelligent and authentic' BELINDA BAUER, AUTHOR OF SNAP She says she's an ordinary mother. He knows a liar when he sees one. Sarah thinks of herself as a normal single mum. It's what she wants others...

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER You never know who's watching . . . Every Monday evening, six people gather in a smart North London house to talk about addiction. There they share their deepest secrets: stories of lies, regret, and above all, shame. Then one of them is killed - and it's...

The Deal Tom Thorne is back in charge - but there's a terrifying price to pay. Stuart Nicklin, the most dangerous psychopath he has ever put behind bars, promises to reveal the whereabouts of a body he buried twenty-five years before. But only if Thorne agrees to escort him. The Danger Unable to...

Discover the second of the two masterful hit novels adapted for the massive new BBC One Drama series In The Dark, featuring brilliant heroine Helen Weeks - continuing from number one bestseller Time of Death. 'Billingham produces an astonishing final twist' Sunday Telegraph A rainy night in...

Deszczowa noc w Londynie. Z jadącego z wyłączonymi światłami auta padają strzały do nadjeżdżającego z przeciwka samochodu, który gwałtownie skręca i wjeżdża na wysepkę przystanku autobusowego. Inicjacja nowego członka gangu kończy się śmiercią niewinnego człowieka. Tak się przynajmniej wydaje. Ale prawda jest o wiele bardziej mroczna i złowieszcza.

It seems like a straightforward domestic murder until a bloodstained sliver of X-ray is found clutched in the dead woman's fist - and it quickly becomes clear that this case is anything but ordinary. Thorne discovers that the victim's mother had herself been murdered fifteen years before by infamous serial killer Raymond Garvey. The hunt to catch Garvey was one of the biggest in the history of the Met, and ended with seven women dead.

Sechs Wochen ist es her, dass seine Frau Alex ermordet wurde. Mitleidige Blicke aber verbittet sich Detective Sergeant Declan Miller, als er früher als angekündigt wieder zum Dienst bei der Lancashire Police erscheint. Viel Zeit für Anteilnahme bleibt ohnehin nicht: Im Sands Hotel an der Küste von Blackpool werden in einer Nacht zwei Männer erschossen. Der eine kein unbeschriebenes Blatt: Adrian Cutler war der jüngste Sohn von Wayne Cutler, Anführer einer stadtbekannten Verbrecherbande. Die Identität des anderen Mannes gilt es herauszufinden.

The Sounds of Crime is an exclusive collection of five brand new short stories by some of the best crimewriters around. Using the theme of 'audio', this unique collection features brand new stories by Lawrence Block, Peter James, Val McDermid, Mark Billingham and Christopher Fowler.

"The Chunter Basha" - a military location in the jungle where soldiers would come together to plan, moan and vent - is a podcast where former SAS Sergeant Major, celebrity bodyguard, philanthropist and author Mark "Billy" Billingham MBE shares captivating stories from his career and discusses a variety of life topics with his (civilian) buddy Brian. Always a little further.

So many things that could have been different. An almost infinite number of them: the flight of the ball, the angle of the bat, the movement of his feet as he skipped down the pitch. The weather, the time, the day of the week, the whatever. The smallest variance in any one of these things or in...

Discover the second of the two masterful hit novels adapted for the massive new BBC One Drama series In The Dark, featuring brilliant heroine Helen Weeks - continuing from number one bestseller Time of Death. 'Billingham produces an astonishing final twist' Sunday Telegraph A rainy night in...

“The next superstar detective is already with us—don’t miss him.” —Lee Child His 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...

Killing becomes a twisted team sport in this “smart, fast-paced procedural” (Booklist) from the award-winning author of Sleepyhead. 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...

What the Night Brings by Mark Billingham is the latest mystery in the bestselling Tom Thorne series, and this time, a killer is targeting the police. Is it payback? And is it justified? “Three dead coppers, Tom, maybe four by lunchtime…” The targeted murder of four officers is only the...

“Readers rejoice! A captivating new series from Mark Billingham—the very best in the business.”—Richard Osman, #1 bestselling author of The Thursday Murder Club Detective Miller is back and investigating his most perplexing case yet The Shadow Step: One taken simultaneously by a pair of...

Tom Thorne znalazl sie na dnie. Pograzony w depresji po smierci ojca inspektor zostaje przeniesiony do pracy biurowej, jego kariera zalamuje sie. Kiedy w Londynie zaczynaja ginac bezdomni, Thorne zglasza sie na ochotnika, by wejsc jako tajniak w ich srodowisko. Szybko, moze nawet za szybko, staje sie jednym z nich. Na ulicach miasta doswiadcza strachu, glodu, zimna i biedy. Poznaje pare mlodych narkomanów i pomimo gry, jaka z nimi prowadzi, i ich pragmatycznej brutalnosci, przyjazn tej trójki wydaje sie szczera.