Good As Dead
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Good As Dead
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Good As Dead
Taking place over three action-packed days, this is Mark Billingham's fastest and most surprising Thorne thriller yet
Mark Billingham. The mega-selling UK crime author, growing faster than any other. The Sky1 drama series attracted an audience of over 2.9 million viewers. More TV in the pipeline. Stunning new filmic package to play up the TV connection. Top level marketing spend for 2012. One of our biggest consumer campaigns for the year, including possible TV and online videos. Huge number of author events. = Higher profile than ever before.
Good As Dead begins with 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 follows as 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 adds suspense as, 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.
Series: Tom Thorne Novels
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Good As Dead by Mark Billingham is praised for its thrilling and engaging narrative, confirming Billinghamβs reputation as a leading crime writer. The novel is noted for its tension and unique characterisation of a sympathetic hostage-taker. Billingham provides a familiar yet refreshing British police thriller that maintains the series' compelling nature.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780751544978
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 15 March 2012
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Sphere
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 33.0mm
Width: 131.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 360g
Pages: 528
About the Author
Mark Billingham is the author of eleven bestselling novels and the creator of the Thorne series. He has twice won the Theakston's Old Peculier prize for best novel of the year. He lives in North London with his family.
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