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About the book :-
The Hostage. Police officer Helen Weeks walks into her local newsagent's on her way to work. Little does she know that this simple daily ritual will change her life forever. It's the last place she expects to be met with violence, but as she waits innocently at the till, she comes face to face with a gunman.
The Demand. The crazed hostage-taker is desperate to know what really happened to his beloved son, who died a year before in youth custody. By holding a police officer at gunpoint, he will force the one man who knows more about the case than any other to re-investigate his son's death. That man is DI Tom Thorne.
The Twist. While Helen fights to stay alive and the body-count rises,Thorne must race against time if he is to bring a killer to justice and save a young mother's life.
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About the Author:- Mark Billingham was born and brought up in Birmingham. Having worked for some years as an actor and more recently as a TV writer and stand-up comedian his first crime novel was published in 2001. He has twice won the Theakston's Old Peculier Award for the Best 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, and Sleepyhead and Scaredy Cat were made into a hit TV series o Sky 1 starring David Morrissey as Thorne. Mark lives in London with his wife and two children.
Review :-
'Billingham is different, and enthralling. I defy any reader not to be hooked' DAILY MIRROR
'Tom Thorne is the most interesting cop in British crime fiction at present' THE TIMES
'If you haven't yet come across DI Thorne, treat yourself. You won't be disappointed'. SUNDAY EXPRESS.
'DI Thorne is a wonderful creation' KARIN SLAUGHTER
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