The Killing Habit (Tom Thorne Novels)

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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. His [Billingham's] storylines of murders that go unseen or unrecognised are chilling and moving, and Tom Thorne is on terrific form One of DI Tom Thorne’s most harrowing cases begins with evidence that someone’s taken to slaughtering…cats. 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.

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At the university, he graduated in drama, after which he co-founded a theater called Bread and Circuses. Another sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of mysteries past and present for overworked, overstressed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.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. Each book in the series revolves around a case that is solved by the end of the book. However, if you get to like the rather flawed (damaged as some call him) character of Tom Thorne, you will want to follow his progress and learn more about him, without skipping a book here and there. In addition to his Tom Thorne series, Mark Billingham has also written other books, including several standalone thrillers, two out of which are being adapted for television by the BBC.

The Killing Habit – Reviews

His first book in the Tom Thorne series left a strong impact on me, and I think this is where I really developed a strong love for British crime novels. 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 ever with Billingham, a rich cast of characters and tense situations are marshalled with panache, leading to a final terrifying encounter' FINANCIAL TIMES 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!The Killing Habit by Mark Billingham again brings together favorite wild-card detective Tom Thorne and straight-laced DI Nicola Tanner on a pair of lethally high-stakes cases. 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 Interspersed with their investigations are creepy passages that are presumably about the killer. In fact, the book opens with one:

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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.Forget about solving all these crimes; the signal triumph here is (spoiler) the heroine’s survival. Groundbreaking ... a gripping, unsensational take on a type of crime that is happening more frequently than many of us realise