Tom Thorne series
About this book series
This is a book series by Mark Billingham. It has 19 books. The first book was published in 2002.
All books of Tom Thorne series in order
- 1
SleepyheadIt's rare for a young woman to die from a stroke and when three such deaths occur in short order it starts to look like an epidemic. Then a sharp pathologist notices traces of ...
July 1, 2002 - 2
Scaredy CatIt 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 ...
June 1, 2003 - 3
LazybonesSomeone - a woman or somebody pretending to be a woman, is writing to convicted rapists in prison, befriending them and then brutally killing them when they are released. DI Tom ...
January 1, 2003 - 4
The Burning GirlJessica Clarke had been set alight twenty years ago. Her attacker, quickly tracked down and eager to confess, was still in jail, his career as a hitman for North London gangs ...
January 1, 2004 - 5
LifelessTo his friends, his foes and even to himself it looks as though Tom Thorne's career is on the skids. On his last case he had seriously over-stepped the mark, and now gardening ...
August 29, 2006 - 6
BuriedLuke Mullen, sixteen year old son of a former, high- ranking police officer has disappeared, presumed kidnapped. While no- one quite dares to voice the fear that he could also ...
August 14, 2007 - 7
Death MessageThe first message sent to Tom Thorne's mobile phone was just a picture - the blurred image of a man's face, but Thorne had seen enough dead bodies in his time to know that the ...
October 6, 2009 - 8
BloodlineWhen 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 ...
July 14, 2011 - 9
From the DeadWhen Donna Langford receives a very recent photo of her ex-husband in the post, she gets the shock of her life. Because she's just spent ten years in prison for organising his ...
January 1, 2010 - 10
Good as DeadThe Hostage Police officer Helen Weeks walks into her local newsagent's on her way to work. Little does she know that this simple daily ritual will change her life forever. It's ...
June 12, 2012 - 11
The Dying HoursA fantastic, never-before-published Tom Thorne novel by England's crime king. It's been twenty-five years since Tom Thorne last went to work wearing the "Queen's cloth" but ...
August 6, 2013 - 12
The Bones BeneathWho'd trust a depraved killer like Stuart Nicklin? Tom Thorne, the DI who put him away, has to. Nicklin has promised to bring closure to the grieving mother of one of his first ...
May 27, 2014 - 13
Time of DeathTwo British police detectives take on a case close to home: "One of the most consistently entertaining, insightful crime writers working today" (Gillian Flynn). Tom Thorne is ...
June 2, 2015 - 14
Love Like BloodA BLOODY MESSAGE As DI Nicola Tanner investigates what appears to be a series of organised killings, her partner Susan is brutally murdered, leaving the detective bereft, and ...
June 20, 2017 - 15
The Killing HabitGillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl and Sharp Objects, has called Mark Billingham "one of the most consistently entertaining, insightful crime writers working today," and this ...
June 19, 2018 - 16
Their Little SecretA woman's suicide puts a detective on the trail of a cold-hearted con artist: "Outstanding... a maximum of suspense" (Publishers Weekly, starred review). When DI Tom Thorne ...
June 4, 2019 - 17
Cry BabyTwo boys run into the woods - but only one returns - in this new mystery from the award-winning "first-rate British crime writer" (The Washington Post). In the summer of ...
August 4, 2020 - 18
The Murder BookTom Thorne finally has it all. In Nicola Tanner and Phil Hendricks, Thorne has good friends by his side. His love life is newly reformed by a promising relationship and he is ...
July 5, 2022 - 19
What the Night BringsWhat the Night Brings by Mark Billingham is the latest mystery in the bestselling Tom Thorne series, and this time, a killer is targeting the police. Is it payback? And is it ...
July 8, 2025
Praise for Tom Thorne series
Morse, Rebus, and now Thorne. The next superstar detective is already with us-don't miss him.
Billingham is a world-class writer and Tom Thorne is a wonderful creation. Rush to read these books.
With each of his books, Mark Billingham gets better and better. These are stories and characters you don't want to leave.
A fantastic thriller, combining a gripping plot and lead characters of remarkable depth . . . Readers who grab this one but aren't familiar with its predecessors will be seeking them out. A series to savor.