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Good As Dead
Mark Billingham
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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.
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Praise for Good As Dead
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A rollercoaster of a read...confirms Billingham's status as one of the finest crime writers around. - Daily ExpressTaut and tense, with an unusually sympathetic hostage-taker. - The TimesThe best thrillers make you see familiar territory in a new light. Mark Billingham has always done that. - Sunday TelegraphWith DI Tom Thorne's 10th outing, Mark Billingham proves he's a real contender for the title of the nation's top crime writer. - Daily MirrorJust as we become used to (and are perhaps wearying of) the influx of foreign crime novels, here comes Mark Billingham with a thoroughly British police thriller. - Time OutUtterly engaging... The series' page-turning credentials remain more than intact. - Independent on Sunday Books of the Year
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