Good As Dead
$26.61
- Paperback
528 pages
- Release Date
23 April 2012
Summary
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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780751544978 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0751544973 |
| Author: | Mark Billingham |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Sphere |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Release Date: | 23 April 2012 |
| Weight: | 360g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 131mm x 33mm |
| Series: | Tom Thorne Novels |
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Critics Review
A rollercoaster of a read…confirms Billingham’s status as one of the finest crime writers around. - Daily Express
Taut and tense, with an unusually sympathetic hostage-taker. - The TimesThe best thrillers make you see familiar territory in a new light. Mark Billingham has always done that. - Sunday TelegraphWith DI Tom Thorne’s 10th outing, Mark Billingham proves he’s a real contender for the title of the nation’s top crime writer. - Daily MirrorJust as we become used to (and are perhaps wearying of) the influx of foreign crime novels, here comes Mark Billingham with a thoroughly British police thriller. - Time OutUtterly engaging… The series’ page-turning credentials remain more than intact. - Independent on Sunday Books of the YearAbout The Author
Mark Billingham
Mark Billingham is the author of eleven bestselling novels and the creator of the Thorne series. He has twice won the Theakston’s Old Peculier prize for best novel of the year. He lives in North London with his family.
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