Author: Mark Billingham
Year: 2011
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Mystery, Crime, Thriller, Fiction
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9781847444196
9780316126632
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The 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 the last place she expects to be met with violence, but as she waits innocently at the till, she comes face to face with a gunman.
The Demand. The crazed hostage-taker is desperate to know what really happened to his beloved son, who died a year before in youth custody. By holding a police officer at gunpoint, he will force the one man who knows more about the case than any other to re-investigate his son's death. That man is DI Tom Thorne.
The Twist. While Helen fights to stay alive and the body-count rises,Thorne must race against time if he is to bring a killer to justice and save a young mother's life.
This book is part of the "Tom Thorne" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "The Killing Habit"
First published in 2018
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 | "Time of Death"
First published in 2015
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| "The Bones Beneath"
First published in 2014
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| "The Dying Hours"
First published in 2013
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| "From the Dead"
First published in 2010
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| "Death Message"
First published in 2007
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 | "Buried"
First published in 2006
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 | "Lifeless"
First published in 2005
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 | "The Burning Girl"
First published in 2004
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 | "Lazybones"
First published in 2003
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 | "Scaredy Cat"
First published in 2002
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 | "Sleepyhead"
First published in 2001
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 | "Bloodline"
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