The Killing Habit (Tom Thorne Novels)

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Every device we sell or rent on the musicMagpie Store goes through an extensive in-house refurbishment process to ensure you're getting a great quality device for a great price. Here's everything you need to know! With this in mind, Thorne heads off to Kentish Town station to coordinate with the police force he’d be working with on the case, knowing he’d have to do a bit of political maneuvering when it comes to DS Simon Fulton. Anyone that’s familiar with this series already knows how much Thorne hates political maneuvering, but it comes with the job. In the 1980s he moved to London where he currently lives with his family. In 1987 he decided to follow a career in comedy before becoming a full-time writer. Folks in the UK might know the author as an actor, a stand-up comedian, as well as a TV writer. As usual, Billingham’s procedural elements are meticulous, and the personal and professional lives of his richly drawn characters are a staple of his novels. I dare you to figure out who the killer is. The twist is a fun one, and the confrontation at the end will leave you breathless. It’ll probably also make you cringe, but in a good way.

The Killing Habit | Grove Atlantic The Killing Habit | Grove Atlantic

Part of that was down to him of course, and it was no more than common sense; the thorough preparations, the thought he put into it. The care taken each and every time and the refusal to get lazy. A new Mark Billingham is always a treat and The Killing Habit hurls the reader straight into the action. Thoroughly enjoyable for being so very real. ( Susie Steiner, author of Missing, Presumed and Persons Unknown) Another tough but utterly intriguing entry in one of the best British police detective series going * Winnipeg Free Press * A new Mark Billingham is always a treat and The Killing Habit hurls the reader straight into the action. Thoroughly enjoyable for being so very real.Morse, Rebus, and now Thorne. The next superstar detective is already with us—don’t miss him.” —Lee Child Mark Billingham on superb form. A finely paced and polished procedural, with twists and turns galore and an ending that will chill your soul. ( Cara Hunter, author of Close to Home) As ever with Billingham, a rich cast of characters and tense situations are marshalled with panache, leading to a final terrifying encounter As ever with Billingham, a rich cast of characters and tense situations are marshalled with panache, leading to a final terrifying encounter ( Financial Times)

The Killing Habit (Tom Thorne, book 15) by Mark Billingham The Killing Habit (Tom Thorne, book 15) by Mark Billingham

The unusual premise will hook you, but it’s Billingham’s patience and persuasiveness in unfolding its grim details that will keep you reading long past the hour when all cats are gray. As ever with Billingham, a rich cast of characters and tense situations are marshalled with panache, leading to a final terrifying encounter * Financial Times * His [Billingham's] storylines of murders that go unseen or unrecognised are chilling and moving, and Tom Thorne is on terrific form

Others are less convinced, so once more, Thorne relies on DI Nicola Tanner to help him solve the case, before the culprit starts hunting people. It’s a journey that brings them face to face with a killer who will tear their lives apart. A] sensitive topic delicately handled, with a perfectly executed and thoroughly unnerving twist at the end Interspersed with their investigations are creepy passages that are presumably about the killer. In fact, the book opens with one: T he action moves swiftly toward a big twist and the satisfying conclusion... shows why Billingham stands at the forefront of British crime authors” ( Publishers Weekly ).

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Billingham is a world-class writer and Tom Thorne is a wonderful creation. Rush to read these books.” —Karin Slaughter Mark Billingham on superb form. A finely paced and polished procedural, with twists and turns galore and an ending that will chill your soul' CARA HUNTER As ever with Billingham, a rich cast of characters and tense situations are marshalled with panache, leading to a final terrifying encounter' FINANCIAL TIMESThorne and Tanner’s intertwining investigation of what are two unconnected sets of killings is enthralling. Characterisation vivid, plotting outstanding. From "one of the most consistently entertaining, insightful crime writers working today" (Gillian Flynn), The Killing Habit again brings together favorite wild-card detective Tom Thorne and straight-laced DI Nicola Tanner on a pair of lethally high-stakes cases. Another tough but utterly intriguing entry in one of the best British police detective series going ( Winnipeg Free Press) Mark Billingham on superb form. A finely paced and polished procedural, with twists and turns galore and an ending that will chill your soul.

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Groundbreaking ... a gripping, unsensational take on a type of crime that is happening more frequently than many of us realise Mark Billingham on superb form. A finely paced and polished procedural, with twists and turns galore and an ending that will chill your soul. * Cara Hunter, author of Close to Home *Thorne is certain that a killer who tortures cats, skins them and leaves their bodies for their owners to find on the doorstep will inevitably go further, and may even have killed a person already. But he’s finding it hard to convince anyone in the Met. He finally takes the case to Detective Superintendent Fulton, at his old stomping ground in Kentish Town, to try to convince him to help. With Tanner investigating a different killing, he’s pretty much on his own, the butt of an almost unending string of cat jokes. Brilliant storyline and characters who from the first chapter grabbed my attention and didn’t let go til the last word.