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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. I wrote in a previous scribbling that I thought Graham Hurley just had the edge over Mark Billingham in the British crime writing stakes. Well I take that back. I put them neck and neck. I have read the DI Tom Thorn novels from the start and I have enjoyed the development of the characters. The denouncements to the stories are sometimes faintly ridiculous, but I love the language and the very dark humour. There are some great jokes in here!  gidders | Jun 14, 2008 |  A complex plot involving an unusual kidnapping of a teenage boy, with many plot twist and turns before the truth is revealed. Good characterisation and authentic London locations. (  ) edwardsgt | Feb 5, 2008 | MARK Billingham takes us on another excursion into the disturbing but strangely enticing world of DI Tom Thorne in his twisted and twisting new thriller. In this dark story of kidnapping, murder, rape and child abuse, Thorne and his team join Scotland Yard’s kidnapping force to search for the missing son of a former chief inspector. Red herrings abound and although there is no happy ending, the truth does come out, and Thorne finds unexpected romance, together with some perplexing unanswered questions ... (  ) adpaton | Nov 29, 2007 | Detective Tom Thorne is once again in action and assigned a kidnapping case. The politics involved are getting in his way as the kidnap victim is the son of a former detective, Tony Mullen, who still has friends on the force. As the clock keeps ticking, Thorne and his cohorts find the identities of the kidnappers and burst into their house only to discover that the victim is no longer there and the kidnappers are dead. Time is running out and Thorne feels that the Mullen family is hiding secrets necessary to find their son. Frustrated, he begins to push for answers and ends up in danger once again. Billingham's previous Thorne novels have been excellent reads, but this one found the reader fighting to pay attention. (  ) infolink66 | Sep 20, 2007 | Mark Billingham writes great police procedurals set in North London (in and around Colindale station), which adds a certain something as his characters chase killers around places that I know. All of the DI Tom Thorne series are cracking good reads. They stand alone, though, so start on this one and then pick up all the rest! ( ) JustAGirl | Jun 9, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 006125701X, Mass Market Paperback)
On special assignment, Detective Inspector Tom Thorne is in charge of the investigation into Luke's disappearance. But it's the information that Tony Mullen, the boy's father, is not freely sharing that Thorne finds particularly disturbing—like the names of dangerous criminals who have openly threatened the tough ex-detective and his entire family. Something shocking and deadly may well be buried deep in old cases and past lives. But Thorne knows he doesn't have the luxury of time to dig—especially when a kidnapper brutally demonstrates that he is willing to kill. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:19 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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