The Demands
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By Mark Billingham
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The customers in a London convenience store are taken captive. Among them is young mother, Detective Helen Weeks. She is told her life depends on the co-operation of one of her colleagues – detective Tom Thorne.
The Demand
Akhtar is desperate to know what really happened to his beloved son, who died a year before in prison. He is convinced the death was not an accident and forces the one man who knows more about the case than any other, Thorne, to re-investigate.
The Twist
What Thorne discovers will upend everything he thought he knew about the fate of those he’s put away…but will it be enough to fulfill the wishes of a grieving and potentially violent father?
The customers in a London convenience store are taken captive. Among them is young mother, Detective Helen Weeks. She is told her life depends on the co-operation of one of her colleagues – detective Tom Thorne.
The Demand
Akhtar is desperate to know what really happened to his beloved son, who died a year before in prison. He is convinced the death was not an accident and forces the one man who knows more about the case than any other, Thorne, to re-investigate.
The Twist
What Thorne discovers will upend everything he thought he knew about the fate of those he’s put away…but will it be enough to fulfill the wishes of a grieving and potentially violent father?
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"The tenth outing with London detective Tom Thorne starts out as a conventional hostage novel, but then skillfully explores guilt, cultural differences and injustice."Florida Sun-Sentinel, 2012's Best Crime Fiction
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"Ingeniously constructed...this great novel should put Billingham in the same league as Ian Rankin, Peter Robinson, John Harvey and Denise Mina. A breakthrough novel."Kirkus (starred review)
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"A tightly plotted and suspenseful thriller sure to please fans of the genre."Library Journal
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"One of the most consistently entertaining, insightful crime writers working today."Gillian Flynn
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"With each of his books, Mark Billingham gets better and better. These are stories and characters you don't want to leave."Michael Connelly
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"Tom Thorne is the new superstar detective...Mark Billingham is the new-wave leader of crime fiction."Lee Child
- On Sale
- Jun 12, 2012
- Page Count
- 416 pages
- Publisher
- Christy Ottaviano Books
- ISBN-13
- 9780316126632
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