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Published: 21/03/2019
From multi-million-copy number one bestseller Mark Billingham comes a twisting, unbearably gripping DI Tom Thorne and Nicola Tanner thriller inspired by a dramatic real-life case
How do you catch a killer who is yet to kill?
We all know the signs. Cruelty, lack of empathy, the killing of animals. Now, pets on suburban London streets are being stalked by a shadow, and it could just be the start.
DI Tom Thorne knows the psychological profile of such offenders all too well, so when he is tasked with catching a notorious killer of domestic cats, he sees the chance to stop a series of homicides before they happen.
Others are less convinced, so once more, Thorne relies on DI Nicola Tanner to help him solve the case, before the culprit starts hunting people. It's a journey that brings them face to face with a killer who will tear their lives apart.
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9780751566963
Number of pages: 560
Weight: 380 g
Dimensions: 196 x 126 x 44 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
Another tough but utterly intriguing entry in one of the best British police detective series going - Winnipeg Free Press
One of the great series of British crime fiction - The Times
A new Mark Billingham is always a treat and The Killing Habit hurls the reader straight into the action. Thoroughly enjoyable for being so very real. - Susie Steiner, author of Missing, Presumed and Persons Unknown
Mark Billingham on superb form. A finely paced and polished procedural, with twists and turns galore and an ending that will chill your soul. - Cara Hunter, author of Close to Home
An unconventional literary superstar - Mail on Sunday
As ever with Billingham, a rich cast of characters and tense situations are marshalled with panache, leading to a final terrifying encounter - Financial Times
Thorne is a terrific invention - Irish Independent
Entertaining, thought provoking and current - West Australian
The strength of the DI Thorne novels is in the knowledge that all of this could be real. The closing of the novel will please even the most discerning fan of the police procedural, and leave you yearning for more. - Crime Fiction Lover
Want something to get the heart racing as you laze by the pool?...A thrilling read not for the faint-hearted - Sun
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