Bloodline
- Authors: Mark Billingham
- Series: Book 8 in the Tom Thorne series
- Type: Novel
- Genres: Mystery
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- Rating: 4.3 based on 3,325 reviews
- Release Date: July 14, 2011
- Print length: 352 pages (Hardcover)
About the book
When a dead body is found in a North London flat, it seems like a straightforward domestic murder until a bloodstained sliver of X-ray is found clutched in the dead woman's fist - and it quickly becomes clear that this case is anything but ordinary. DI Thorne discovers that the victim's mother had herself been murdered fifteen years before by infamous serial killer Raymond Garvey. The hunt to catch Garvey was one of the biggest in the history of the Met, and ended with seven women dead. When more bodies and more fragments of X-ray are discovered, Thorne has a macabre jigsaw to piece together until the horrifying picture finally emerges. A killer is targeting the children of Raymond Garvey's victims. Thorne must move quickly to protect those still on the murderer's list, but nothing and nobody are what they seem. Not when Thorne is dealing with one of the most twisted killers he has ever hunted...
Praise for Bloodline
Tom Thorne is the new superstar detective...Mark Billingham is the new-wave leader of crime fiction.
Rich, heady, and gripping. A boss performance by Billingham, through and through.
Chilling, moody, humane, and very, very smart... Billingham is one of the most consistently entertaining, insightful crime writers working today.
A compelling villain and the author's usual sensitivity to men and women pushed to the edge by their compulsions, their work or their families.
Thrilling... Billingham continues to captivate with equal parts suspense, deduction, and heart.
Billingham skillfully ratchets up the tension as the person the police are hunting begins to taunt them. The book's final portion is a tautly crafted explosion of violence and sudden twists... Billingham draws a complex and intriguing character in Thorne and surrounds him with an interesting supporting cast. BLOODLINE promises to bring him, and Thorne, a bigger audience on this side of the pond.
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