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Loading... Lifeless (2005)by Mark Billingham
None. London police detective Tom Thorne goes undercover as a homeless to capture a serial killer targeting them. The case develops slowly but gives excellent descriptions of street people and a grittier side of London. The book dwells on causes from drugs to the Iraq War (1 in 5 are vets), also explores their community. Nothing attractive here. Again, Billingham goes for realism in his climax, forsaking a flash ending. Thorne morns his Dad in this one (  ) maneekuhi | Mar 5, 2012 |  A good continuation in the Tom Thorne series (  ) kimmy0ne | May 13, 2011 | Bought this as a "must read" in May and promptly lost it in the pile of books under my bed. Which is why it took me until Christmas to get around to reading it.
Someone is killing rough sleepers in London and Tom Thorne goes undercover and fits in very well on the streets. Some bits struck me as a bit unlikely but that's true of real life as well as fiction and on the whole it was a solid and enjoyable read. nocto | Dec 8, 2010 | Well written description of London's street life but ultimately lacks punch and I worked out who was responsible almost as soon as the character appeared. The pace seems a bit slow compared to other authors of similar themed books, eg Simon Kernick. (  ) edwardsgt | Aug 30, 2007 | Bought in Galway-May 2006 ( ) norby | Mar 23, 2007 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0060841672, Mass Market Paperback)Tom Thorne's career is on the skids. Having seriously crossed the line on his last case and depressed over the recent suspicious death of his father, the once ambitious police detective has been reduced to pushing papers . . . and is being encouraged to take a prolonged leave of duty. But someone is stalking the city's most destitute citizens. Three homeless men have recently been kicked to death, each brutalized corpse discovered with a banknote pinned to its chest. With nothing to lose, Thorne volunteers to try to find the killer—taking to the streets he knows so well from his days as beat policeman and as a homicide detective, but this time joining the squalid ranks of life's rejects. In this harsh and harrowing netherworld, with its own rules and moral codes, a shocking link between the brutal crimes and a fifteen-year-old atrocity could end up costing Thorne what little life he has left. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:34:56 -0500) It appears that someone is targeting London's homeless community so DI Tom Thorne goes undercover amongst them. The information he gleans is that this is no random killer, it is someone with a specific list of victims. Other DI Thorne novels include 'Sleepyhead' and 'Lazybones'.… (more) |
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