検索キーワード： 著者 "Mark Billingham" すべてのカテゴリー

Kein Laut dringt aus Alisons Mund, kein Muskel bewegt sich. Dennoch ist sie hellwach und versucht verzweifelt, Kontakt zu ihrer Umwelt aufzunehmen. Dieses grausame Schicksal verdankt sie einem Unbekannten, der sie betäubt und mit einem gezielten Druck auf die Halsschlagader gelähmt hat. In den Augen von Kriminalinspektor Tom Thorne hat Alison noch Glück gehabt - sie lebt. Doch als drei Frauenleichen entdeckt werden, erkennt Thorne die furchtbare Wahrheit.

En los suburbios londinenses donde la violencia es fortuita y donde la lealtad se paga con sangre, cualquier cosa es posible. Durante una noche de lluvia, Theo Shirley, un chico de diecisiete años, dispara al coche de una mujer cumpliendo así con la ceremonia de iniciación para formar parte de una banda. Ella no muere, pero su coche se estrella contra una parada de autobuses, matando a un policía. La novia de éste, también policía, no acepta que su muerte haya sido un accidente.

El inspector Tom Thorne ha visto muchos cadáveres en su vida. Pero cuando empieza a recibir en el teléfono móvil las macabras fotos de una serie de personas asesinadas, no tarda en darse cuenta de que tal vez el siguiente cadáver sea el suyo. Incluso tras localizar al hombre que está mandando las fotos, la amenaza no desaparece. Para algunos el caso está prácticamente cerrado, aunque la pesadilla de Thorne no ha hecho más que empezar.

Luke Mullen, un adolescente, no ha vuelto a casa. Sus compañeros del colegio lo vieron por última vez subiendo a un coche con una mujer, y no está claro si se ha marchado voluntariamente o ha sido secuestrado. Hijo de un ex inspector de policía, Luke carece de antecedentes de absentismo escolar o mala conducta. Los policías que buscan al muchacho tienen la firme convicción de que se trata de un secuestro. Y saben que, cuanto más tiempo pase, más probabilidades hay de que Luke aparezca muerto. Y entonces su familia recibe una cinta de vídeo.

Alison Willetts sufre la desdicha de continuar con vida. Sobrevivió a una apoplejía, provocada deliberadamente por una diestra manipulación sobre ciertos puntos sensibles de la cabeza y el cuello. Puede ver, escuchar y sentir; percibe todo lo que sucede a su alrededor, pero está totalmente incapacitada para moverse o comunicarse. La policia piensa que el asesino cometió su primer gran error al dejar a Alison Willetts con vida, pero el detective Tom Thorne descubre la horripilante realidad: el error no es el cometido con Alison, sino con las tres mujeres que ya ha asesinado.

Polisinspektören Helen Weeks är på väg till jobbet och efter att ha lämnat sin ettårige son hos dagmamman styr hon stegen mot pendeltåget. Hon stannar som alltid till hos den lokala tidnings- och tobakshandlaren. Innehavaren Akhtar som alltid brukar bjuda på ett vänligt leende och lite småprat är inte sig lik. Han låser dörren, drar ner jalusierna och Helen Weeks och en annan kund blir kvar innanför. Han tar fram en pistol som han riktar mot dem och skriker "Shut up or I will fucking kill you!".

Ett tio år gammalt mordfall öppnas på nytt. För tio år sedan var det på alla löpsedlar, mordet på Alan Langford, en av gangsterbossarna i London. Han hittades mördad i sin Jaguar, händerna var fastlåsta vid ratten, sedan hade mördaren tänt på. Misstankarna gick snabbt i en bestämd riktning. Hustrun Donna Langford, som hatade och fruktade sin make, hade lejt en man för det delikata uppdraget att grilla Langford. Mannen greps och erkände mordet. Fallet var löst. Inga tveksamheter. Inte förrän nu.

Alice Armitage is a police officer. Or she was. Following a debilitating bout of PTSD, self-medication with drink and drugs, and a psychotic breakdown, Alice is now a long-term patient in an acute psychiatric ward. Though convinced that she doesn't really belong there, she finds companionship with the other patients in the ward despite their challenging and often intimidating issues. So when one of her fellow patients is murdered, Alice feels personally compelled to launch an investigation from within the ward.

In the summer of 1996, two boys run from a playground into the adjoining woods, but only one comes out. DS Tom Thorne takes on the case - which quickly spirals out of control when two people connected to the missing boy are murdered. As London prepares to host the European Soccer Championships, Thorne fights to keep on top of a baffling investigation while also dealing with the ugly fallout of his broken marriage....

'Fast-paced and twisting' PAULA HAWKINS, author of THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN 'At the very least it should reach the shortlist of this year's Booker prize' THE TIMES __________ Pre-order Mark Billingham's pulse-racing new Tom Thorne thriller, THE MURDER BOOK, now! __________ My name is Alice. I'm a...

A full-cast, unabridged production of Cry Baby, the gripping prequel to Mark Billingham's acclaimed debut, Sleepyhead. Starring David Morrissey, Robert Glenister and a full cast of actors, with the narrator played by Mark Billingham. Cry Baby is the shocking first case for one of British crime...

Discover the second of the two masterful hit novels adapted for the massive new BBC One Drama series In The Dark, featuring brilliant heroine Helen Weeks - continuing from number one bestseller Time of Death. 'Billingham produces an astonishing final twist' Sunday Telegraph A rainy night in...

A SERIES OF KILLINGS Three men, sleeping rough on London's mean streets, have been found brutally murdered - each victim kicked to death and found with a £20 note pinned to his chest. But were they killed at random, or were they targeted for a reason? A DEADLY MISSION Tom Thorne is posted to...

A MONSTER MURDERED It's only ten days since Douglas Remfry's release from prison, having served seven years for rape, and now he's dead: naked on a bare mattress in a grubby north London hotel room, his head hooded and his hands tied with a brown leather belt. A DEADLY JUSTICE Someone knew he...

TWO WOMEN DEAD It was a vicious, calculated murder. The killer selected his victim at Euston station, followed her home on the tube, strangled her to death in front of her child. At the same time, killed in the same way, a second body is discovered at the back of King's Cross station. And this...

The classic first novel from Mark Billingham introduces DI Tom Thorne in a unforgettable and terrifying case that changed crime fiction forever. *THE LATEST TOM THORNE NOVEL WHAT THE NIGHT BRINGS IS AVAILABLE IN AUDIOBOOK NOW* Alison Willetts has survived a stroke, deliberately induced by a...

The sixteenth book in the Tom Thorne series, from bestselling author Mark Billingham. 'Hugely intelligent and authentic' BELINDA BAUER, AUTHOR OF SNAP She says she's an ordinary mother. He knows a liar when he sees one. Sarah thinks of herself as a normal single mum. It's what she wants others...

So many things that could have been different. An almost infinite number of them: the flight of the ball, the angle of the bat, the movement of his feet as he skipped down the pitch. The weather, the time, the day of the week, the whatever. The smallest variance in any one of these things or in...

The Other Half is a unique collaboration between the leading lights of mystery fiction and country music. An original story by bestselling crime writer Mark Billingham, soundtracked by the powerful and poignant songs of internationally acclaimed Americana duo My Darling Clementine. Pain, loss...

Brought to you by Penguin. 'He lay crumpled on his back. Very lonely, very dead. The safe door was wide open. A metal drawer was pulled out. It was empty now. There may have been money in it once.' Los Angeles PI Philip Marlowe's on a case: his client, a dried-up husk of a woman, wants him to...