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Hils på kriminalbetjent Declan Miller: unik, ukonvensjonell og kriminelt undervurdertHan er politimann, danser og har null respekt for autoriteter – og han er Blackpools sikreste kort for å holde kriminelle borte fra gatene.For seks uker siden mistet Declan Miller sin kone, Alex, på brutalt vis og er en mann i sorg. Det hjelper ikke stort å gå hjemme og tråkke, synes han, nå vil han jobbe.Et dobbeltdrap på et hotell gir ham muligheten han har ventet på. To helt ulike menn er døde, og teorien er at gjerningspersonen har tatt feil person i i hvert fall ett av tilfellene.Til tross for et noe tvilsomt forhold til virkeligheten, kan den uortodokse Miller og den nye partneren hans, som heller ikke er helt A4, finne svar der kollegaene deres bare har funnet løse tråder?«Lesere, fryd dere! En oppslukende ny serie fra Mark Billingham, den aller beste i bransjen.»Richard Osman, forfatter av Torsdagsmordklubben«En hardbarket, fengslende roman som balanserer lys med mørke, og morsomheter med klokskap. Billinghams nye hovedperson, kriminalbetjent Miller, er kanskje ikke den beste danseren, men han trår aldri feil når han skal løse en krimgåte.»Nita Prose, forfatter av Stuepiken«Morsom, mesterlig komponert, aldeles underholdende (…) en oppvisning i Billinghams usedvanlige fortellerevne. Mark Billingham på sitt beste!»Karin Slaughter, forfatter«Morsom, rørende og full av overraskelser. Den siste dansen vil begeistre Mark Billinghams leserskare, men også skaffe ham mange nye. En riktig godbit.»Mick Herron, forfatter«Billinghams Tom Thorne-serie satte lista veldig høyt, men Den siste dansen holder samme nivå. Morsomt, rørende og med et mesterlig komponert plot.»The Guardian«Billingham har laget et fantastisk plot som vil få selv den mest ivrige krimleser til å måpe av slutten (…) Jeg digger Declan Miller og kan nesten ikke vente med å få tilbringe mer tid sammen med ham.»Bookreporter«… en spennende ny serie som tilfører humor til den hardkokte politikrimmen – og som også utforsker sorgens luner. Billinghams kvikke plot og dyptpløyende karakterstudier løfter Den siste dansen. Declans sorg over sin avdøde kone er til å ta og føle på, og han bruker humor for å håndtere følelsene sine … Declan og Sara er en fabelaktig duo (…) Leserne kommer til å ønske Declan velkommen tilbake.»Shelf Awareness«… en knakende god krimserie om og med den sjarmerende og sarkastiske kriminalbetjent Declan Miller … Billingham har gitt Miller en fantastisk humoristisk sans og i birollene finner man likende, troverdige typer som leserne kommer til å elske. Dette er forfatteren på sitt beste.»Publishers Weekly (starred review)«Kriminalbetjent Miller er selve personifiseringen av motsetningsforholdet mellom komedie og tragedie, alt levert med kynisk vidd … DOM: sprudlende, aktuell og svært morsom. Millers vittigheter og observasjoner om både samfunnet og politiarbeid kommer til å fryde leserne.»Library Journal]]>

The latest Tom Thorne story is one of master author Billingham's finest novels of his whole career - and one of the most shocking.

The latest Tom Thorne story is one of master author Billingham's finest novels of his whole career - and one of the most shocking.

The first new series in two decades from multi-award-winning number one Sunday Times bestseller Mark Billingham introduces a true one off...

On a rainy city night, a handgun is fired at random. A struck car swerves and plows into a bus stop, killing an unsuspecting bystander. In an explosive instant, a cold-blooded gang initiation ends one life and forever changes three others: the desperate teenager who pulled the trigger . . . a policewoman on maternity leave . . . and an aging gangster plotting a terrifying revenge.The truth about the shocking incident will tie them all together in a lethal blood knot. And nothing is what it seems.In the Dark is the most powerful and unflinching crime novel yet from the remarkable Mark Billingham?a gripping journey into the modern urban darkness where violence is both indiscriminate and meticulously planned, and youth gangs take on established criminals for rule of the streets.

Luke Mullen, the missing teenage son of a former police officer, was last seen getting into a car with an older woman. No one knows whether he went willingly or was abducted, whether he's living or dead.Then the videotape arrives . . .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.

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.

EN BLODIG BESKJED ... EN MEKTIG ALLIANSE ... EN DØDELIG KONSPIRASJONDa førstebetjent Nicola Tanners samboer Susan blir funnet brutalt drept, ber hun politietterforsker Tom Thorne om hjelp. Tanner er overbevist om at det var hun selv som var det egentlige målet, og at motivet er et knippe gamle æresdrapssaker hun har jobbet med.Da et ungt par forsvinner, dukker det opp ledetråder som kan knyttes til de gamle sakene, men det blir raskt klart at å etterforske noe så kontroversielt som æresdrap er farlig på mer enn én måte ...Basert på en sann historie.«Billingham vet nøyaktig hvordan man bygger opp en historie, inviterer deg inn, og låser så døren bak deg.» Michael Connelly, forfatter«Fengslende og nøkternt om en type kriminalitet som er mer utbredt enn vi tror.»Sunday Times«Modig, aktuell og viktig, og like ubehagelig å lese som umulig å la være.»Heat

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THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERYou never know who's watching . . .Every Monday evening, six people gather in a smart North London house to talk about addiction. There they share their deepest secrets: stories of lies, regret, and above all, shame.Then one of them is killed - and it's clear one of the circle was responsible.Detective Inspector Nicola Tanner quickly finds her investigation hampered by the strict confidentiality that binds these people and their therapist together. So what could be shameful enough to cost someone their life?And how do you find the truth when denial and deception are second nature to all of your suspects?Full of betrayal, deceit and suspense, Die of Shame is the spectacular thriller from Sunday Times bestseller Mark Billingham.'Mark Billingham is one of the greatest writers in any genre' Steve Cavanagh

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERDI Tom Thorne returns in a chilling mystery that will keep readers guessing until the final page.The MissingTwo schoolgirls are abducted in the small, dying Warwickshire town of Polesford, driving a knife into the heart of the community where police officer Helen Weeks grew up and from which she long ago escaped. But this is a place full of secrets, where dangerous truths lie buried.The AccusedWhen it's splashed all over the press that family man Stephen Bates has been arrested, Helen and her partner Tom Thorne head to the flooded town to support Bates' wife - an old school friend of Helen's - who is living under siege with two teenage children and convinced of her husband's innocence.The DeadAs residents and media bay for Bates' blood, a decomposing body is found. The police believe they have their murderer in custody, but one man believes otherwise. With a girl still missing, Thorne sets himself on a collision course with local police, townsfolk - and a merciless killer.'One of the great series of British crime fiction' The Times'Mark Billingham is one of the greatest writers in any genre' Steve Cavanagh________________The outstanding new Tom Thorne thriller, THEIR LITTLE SECRET, is available to pre-order now

'Atmospheric, gripping . . . with a superb ending' Sunday ExpressThe DealTom Thorne is back in charge - but there's a terrifying price to pay. Stuart Nicklin, the most dangerous psychopath he has ever put behind bars, promises to reveal the whereabouts of a body he buried twenty-five years before. But only if Thorne agrees to escort him.The DangerUnable to refuse, Thorne gathers a team and travels to a remote Welsh island, at the mercy of the weather and cut off from the mainland. Thorne is determined to get the job done and return home before Nicklin can outwit them.The DeathsBut Nicklin knows this island well and has had time to plan ahead. Soon, new bodies are added to the old, and Thorne finds himself facing the toughest decision he has ever had to make...Tom Thorne returns in this utterly gripping, brilliantly plotted thriller. The Bones Beneath is Sunday Times bestseller Mark Billingham's most ambitious and accomplished work to date.'One of the great series of British crime fiction' The Times'Mark Billingham gets better and better' Michael Connelly________________The outstanding new Tom Thorne thriller, THEIR LITTLE SECRET, is available to pre-order now

We can all name the classic rock and pop albums of the last fifty years. But what about the great lost albums? The albums that fell behind the back of the musical sofa? The albums that, in a very real sense, have been completely made up by the authors of this book?It took a bestselling crime writer or three to hunt down these fifty lost classics, and an award-winning TV comedy scriptwriter to buy them a pint and make them write it. From the 60s to the 00s, with track listings and full histories, Great Lost Albums reveals the recordings that - just perhaps - never existed, but really should have done. Albums include: Bob Dylan's legendary collaboration with Liberace Joy Division's 'musical theatre' period Coldplay's IKEA Sessions, including 'Conscious Uncoupling (See Leaflet for Details)' and 'In my Place (There's a Lovely HEMNES Shelving System)' The Who's magisterial, abandoned rock opera 'Bingo Wizard' Kraftwerk's hastily deleted Christmas album, featuring the melancholic classic 'I Wish to Return this Item'...and many, many more.

In this 'chilling story that keeps you guessing to the last page', three couples who befriend each other on holiday may be hiding sinister secrets from each other (Daily Express)Three couples meet around the pool on their Florida holiday and become fast friends. But on their last night, their perfect holiday takes a tragic twist: the teenage daughter of another holidaymaker goes missing, and her body is later found floating in the mangroves.When the shocked couples return home, they remain in contact, and over the course of three increasingly fraught dinner parties they come to know one another better. But they don't always like what they find: buried beneath these apparently normal exteriors are some dark secrets, hidden kinks, ugly vices...Then, a second girl goes missing.Could it be that one of these six has a secret far darker than anybody can imagine?A brilliantly plotted, utterly gripping thriller about the danger of making friends on holiday, Rush of Blood is Mark Billingham's most ambitious and accomplished work to date.

'Billingham's most desperately gripping read yet' Daily MirrorPolice officer Helen Weeks walks into her local newsagents on her way to work. It's the last place she expects to be met with violence, but she is about to come face to face with a gunman.The hostage-taker is desperate to know what happened to his beloved son, who died a year before in youth custody. By holding Helen at gunpoint, he will force a re-investigation into his son's death. And one man knows the case better than any other - DI Tom Thorne.As the body count rises, Thorne must race against time to bring a killer to justice and save a young mother's life.Taking place over three action-packed days, this is the fastest and most surprising Thorne thriller yet from Sunday Times bestseller Mark Billingham.'One of the great series of British crime fiction' The Times'A new Mark Billingham is always a treat' Susie Steiner________________The outstanding new Tom Thorne thriller, THEIR LITTLE SECRET, is available to pre-order now