Longlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2014.
Tom Thorne is one of the most enjoyable detectives to read: a troubled and troubling man, obsessed with finding the truth at any cost whether to his relationships, his career or that of his friends. Recently demoted after a bungled hostage situation, he is now back in uniform, powerless to stop a serial killer who’s disguising his work as elderly suicides. This is as thrilling and fascinating as any of Billingham’s books with the added bonus of building to a cliff hanger of an ending which leaves us all guessing at what’s going to happen next for Thorne.
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A cluster of suicides among the elderly. Such things are not unknown to the police and the deaths are quickly dismissed by the police as routine. Only one man is convinced that something more sinister is taking place. However, no one listens to Tom Thorne anymore. Having stepped out of line once too often, he's back in uniform and he hates it. Patronised and abused by his new colleagues, Thorne's suspicions about the suicides are dismissed by the Murder Squad he was once part of and he is forced to investigate alone. Unable to trust anyone, Thorne must risk losing those closest to him.He must gamble with the lives of those targeted by a killer unlike any he has hunted before. A man with nothing to lose and a growing list of victims. A man with the power to make people take their own lives. Tom Thorne returns in Billingham's most compelling thriller to date. The Dying Hours is a haunting portrait of London's dark heart, and the darker heart of a twisted killer bringing terror to its streets.
The Dying Hours features in the following genres: Thriller and Suspense, Crime and Mystery, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
The Dying Hours is available in Paperback
The Dying Hours was written by Mark Billingham and published by Sphere an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group
The Dying Hours has 498 pages
Yes it is part of The DI Tom Thorne Series series
£9.89
