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The Demands - (Tom Thorne) Large Print by Mark Billingham (Paperback)
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Highlights
- The Crime The customers in a London convenience store are taken captive.
- About the Author: Mark Billingham worked as an actor, a TV writer, and a stand-up comedian before becoming one of the most critically acclaimed crime novelists in the world.
- 608 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Mystery & Detective
- Series Name: Tom Thorne
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About the Book
The customers in a London convenience store are taken captive, including a young mother who is a detective. She is told her life depends on the cooperation of one of her colleagues.
Book Synopsis
The Crime
The customers in a London convenience store are taken captive. Among them is young mother, Detective Helen Weeks. She is told her life depends on the co-operation of one of her colleagues - detective Tom Thorne.
The Demand
Akhtar is desperate to know what really happened to his beloved son, who died a year before in prison. He is convinced the death was not an accident and forces the one man who knows more about the case than any other, Thorne, to re-investigate.
The Twist
What Thorne discovers will upend everything he thought he knew about the fate of those he's put away...but will it be enough to fulfill the wishes of a grieving and potentially violent father?
Review Quotes
"One of the most consistently entertaining, insightful crime writers working today."
--Gillian Flynn
"With each of his books, Mark Billingham gets better and better. These are stories and characters you don't want to leave."--Michael Connelly
About the Author
Mark Billingham worked as an actor, a TV writer, and a stand-up comedian before becoming one of the most critically acclaimed crime novelists in the world. He lives in North London with his wife and two children.