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In a vicious, calculated murder, a victim is selected at Euston Station, followed home, and strangled in front of her child. When a second body is discovered, killed in the same way at King's Cross station, DI Tom Thorne comes to a horrifying conclusion: this is not one killer, but two.

It's rare for a young woman to die from a stroke, and when three such deaths occur in short order it starts to look like an epidemic. Then a sharp pathologist notices traces of benzodiazepine in one of the victim's blood samples and just traceable damage to the ligaments in her neck, and their cause of death is changed from 'natural' to 'murder'.

Desire leaves a man destroyed.... A young girl's curiosity reveals secrets better left hidden.... An accidental encounter on a train ends violently.... Ambition leads to a curious exchange.... An uncanny likeness changes two lives forever.... Here is a novel in 16 chilling parts, linked by a glittering charm bracelet that brings misfortune to everyone who handles it. In Like a Charm, the cream of British and American crime writers combine for a must-have collection.

When a dead body is found in a North London flat, 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. DI Thorne discovers that the victim's mother had herself been murdered 15 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.

Three men, sleeping rough on London's mean streets, have been found brutally murdered - each victim kicked to death and found with a £20 note pinned to his chest. But were they killed at random, or were they targeted for a reason? 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 15-year-old atrocity. Those who know are keeping quiet. But the word on these streets is that the killer is a cop....

Sarah thinks of herself as a normal single mum. It's what she wants others to think of her. But the truth is, she needs something new, something thrilling. Meanwhile, DI Tom Thorne is investigating a woman's suicide, convinced she was driven to do it by a man who preys on vulnerable women. A man who is about to change Sarah's life.

They were meant to be safe on Fleet Ward: psychiatric patients monitored, treated, cared for. But now one of their number is found murdered, and the accusations begin to fly. Was it one of his fellow patients? A member of staff? Or did someone come in from the outside? DC Alice Armitage is methodical, tireless, and she's quickly on the trail of the killer. The only problem is, Alice is a patient too.

Someone, a woman or somebody pretending to be a woman, is writing to convicted rapists in prison, befriending them and then brutally killing them when they are released. DI Tom Thorne must discover the link between these killings and a murder/suicide that took place twenty-five years before; a tragedy to which the only witnesses were two small children, now adults and nowhere to be found. How can you escape a past that will do a lot more than just catch up with you?

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 25 years before. But only if Thorne agrees to escort him. Unable to refuse, Thorne gathers a team and travels to a remote Welsh island, at the mercy of the weather and cut off from the mainland. Thorne is determined to get the job done and return home before Nicklin can outwit them.

Audible exclusive. Mark Billingham joins us to talk about his new book, Die of Shame. Who will die? Who will be betrayed? Who will kill? Talking about stepping out of his comfort zone to keep it fresh, the challenges of writing a series and much, much more. About Die of Shame: full of betrayal, deceit and suspense, Die of Shame is the spectacular new book from number-one best seller Mark Billingham - author of Time of Death and In the Dark, both soon to be major BBC series.

"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.

Małym miasteczkiem Polesford, w którym dorastała funkcjonariuszka Helen Weeks, wstrząsa tragedia – zaginięcie dwóch nastolatek. Gdy do prasy przecieka informacja o aresztowaniu statecznego męża i ojca rodziny, Stephena Batesa, Helen wraz z detektywem Thorne’em przybywa po latach w rodzinne strony, by odkryć prawdę o uprowadzeniach, ale też zmierzyć się z własną mroczną przeszłością. Okazuje się, że żoną podejrzanego jest przyjaciółka Helen z lat szkolnych, która potrzebuje wsparcia w tej niezwykle trudnej sytuacji.

Teenager Luke Mullen was last seen getting into a car with an older woman. No one can understand why he has disappeared. His father - a former police officer - knows all too well that the longer he is missing, the more likely he is to turn up dead. Then Luke's parents receive an anonymous video. It shows their son, eyes wide with terror, as a man advances towards him holding a syringe. DI Tom Thorne recognises a psychopath when he sees one. And the scene on the tape chills him to the bone - he knows that a child's life hangs in the balance and that every minute counts.

A rainy night in London. Shots are fired into a car which swerves on to the pavement, ploughing into a bus stop. It seems that a chilling gang initiation has cost an innocent victim their life. But the reality is far more sinister.... One life is wiped out, and three more are changed forever: the young man whose finger was on the trigger, an aging gangster planning a deadly revenge and the pregnant woman who struggles desperately to uncover the truth. Two weeks away from giving birth, how will she deal with a world where death is an occupational hazard?

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.

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 the way that each connected to the other at the crucial moment and nothing would have happened as it did. An inch another way or a second or a step and it would have been a very different story.

Discover one of the two masterful hit novels adapted for the massive new BBC One Drama series In The Dark, featuring brilliant heroine Helen Weeks - continuing in number one best seller Time of Death. A rainy night in London. Shots are fired into a car which swerves on to the pavement, ploughing into a bus stop. It seems that a chilling gang initiation has cost an innocent victim their life. But the reality is far more sinister....

Mord in der Psychiatrie. Alice Frances Armitage, bis vor Kurzem Detective Constable bei der Mordkommission der Metropolitan Police im Norden Londons, weiß, wie man für Recht und Ordnung sorgt. Aber da, wo sie ist, nützt ihr das gar nichts. Nicht, weil es in Psychiatrien eben grundsätzlich chaotisch zugeht, sondern weil sie selbst Patientin ist. Seit ihr Kollege bei einem Routineeinsatz erstochen wurde, leidet sie an einer posttraumatischen Belastungsstörung.

Raymond Garvey w okrutny sposób zamordował kilka kobiet. Schwytany i osadzony w więzieniu umiera po nieudanej operacji guza mózgu. Jego historia, krwawa i brutalna, daje początek nowej serii zabójstw. Piętnaście lat później pojawia się kolejny morderca, który bierze za cel dzieci ofiar Gurveya. Jest przebiegły, bezlitosny i niepohamowany, a na miejscu zbrodni pozostawia fragmenty starego rentgenowskiego zdjęcia.

Bij de Pakistaanse kioskhouder Akhtar slaan onverwacht de stoppen door, op een doordeweekse ochtend gijzelt hij twee klanten in zijn Londense buurtwinkel. De rolluiken gaan naar beneden en de slachtoffers, Helen Weeks en Stephen Mitchell, worden vastgeketend aan de verwarmingsbuizen van de bedompte opslagruimte. Helen werkt bij de politie en met haar connecties zijn Akhtars eisen snel overgebracht. Rechercheur Tom Thorne moet de waarheid boven water halen in het reeds afgesloten onderzoek naar de zelfmoord van Akhtars zoon in een jeugdgevangenis.