The Burning Girl - Rilegato

Billingham, Mark

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0060745266 ISBN 13: 9780060745264

Casa editrice: William Morrow & Co, 2005

Riassunto

Enmeshed in a case involving a contract killer and a turf war between organized crime bosses, detective Thom Thorne agrees to help former DCI Carol Chamberlain in an old murder investigation and discovers a disturbing link between both cases and a ring of protection rackets. By the author of Lazy Bones. 30,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“[An] edgy contemporary thriller...a satisfyingly complex plot.” (Sunday Times (London))

“A disturbing and ruthlessly compelling novel. (Sunday Express (London))

“A ruthlessly compelling novel.” (Sunday Express (London))

L'autore:

Mark Billingham is the author of nine novels, including Sleepyhead, Scaredy Cat, Lazybones, The Burning Girl, Lifeless, and Buried—all Times (London) bestsellers—as well as the stand-alone thriller In the Dark. For the creation of the Tom Thorne character, Billingham received the 2003 Sherlock Award for Best Detective created by a British writer, and he has twice won the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. He has previously worked as an actor and stand-up comedian on British television and still writes regularly for the BBC. He lives in London with his wife and two children.

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• Editore: William Morrow & Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0060745266
• ISBN 13: 9780060745264
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 356