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Zusatztext Utterly engaging... The series' page-turning credentials remain more than intact Informationen zum Autor Mark Billingham has won numerous awards, being one of only two authors to twice win the Theakston Old Peculier Award for Crime Novel of the Year. Each of his novels has been a Sunday Times bestseller, including all those in his two series, Tom Thorne and Declan Miller. Sleepyhead and Scaredy Cat were made into a hit TV series on Sky 1, 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. Klappentext The Hostage Police officer Helen Weeks walks into her local newsagent's 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 Demand 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. The Twist 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 Mark Billingham's fastest and most surprising Thorne thriller yet; a rollercoaster read in which every second counts... Taking place over three action-packed days, this is Mark Billingham's fastest and most surprising Thorne thriller yet Zusammenfassung Taking place over three action-packed days, this is Mark Billingham's fastest and most surprising Thorne thriller yet
