The Killing Habit by Mark Billingham - ISBN: 9780751566963
Paperback
To catch a killer, find the signs before the first murder.

The Killing Habit

$37.69

  • Paperback

    560 pages

  • Release Date

    25 March 2019

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Summary

‘One of the great series of British crime fiction’ - The Times

From multi-million-copy number one bestseller Mark Billingham comes a twisting, unbearably gripping DI Tom Thorne and Nicola Tanner thriller inspired by a dramatic real-life case.

How do you catch a killer who is yet to kill?

We’ve all heard about the signs: coldness, cruelty, lack of empathy. DI Tom Thorne knows the psychological profile of a psychopath all too well, so when pets start di…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780751566963
ISBN-10:0751566969
Author:Mark Billingham
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Sphere
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:560
Release Date:25 March 2019
Weight:380g
Dimensions:196mm x 126mm x 44mm
Series:Tom Thorne Novels
What They're Saying

Critics Review

One of the great series of British crime fiction - The Times

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

As ever with Billingham, a rich cast of characters and tense situations are marshalled with panache, leading to a final terrifying encounter - Financial Times

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

An unconventional literary superstar - Mail on Sunday

About The Author

Mark Billingham

Mark Billingham has twice won the Theakston Old Peculier Award for Crime Novel of the Year, the Sherlock Award for the best detective created by a British writer and in 2026 he was awarded the Crime Writers’ Association Diamond Dagger for an outstanding lifetime contribution to the genre.

Sleepyhead and Scaredy Cat were made into a hit TV series on Sky 1 starring David Morrissey as Tom Thorne, and a series based on the novels In the Dark and Time of Death was broadcast on BBC1.

Mark lives in north London with his wife and two children.

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