Lifeless

The fifth book in the Tom Thorne series, from bestselling author Mark Billingham. A Series Of Killings Three men, sleeping rough on London`s mean streets, have been found brutally murdered - each victim kicked to death and found with a GBP20 note pinned to his chest. But were they killed at random, or were they targeted for a reason? A DEADLY MISSION Tom Thorne is posted to the same streets - working undercover, disguised as a homeless man. In a harsh and harrowing underworld, Thorne discovers the horrifying link between the homeless victims and the perpetrators of a fifteen-year-old atrocity. A Ruthless Enemy Those who know are keeping quiet. But the word on these streets is that the killer is a cop...

Read what everyone`s saying about the heart-racing Tom Thorne series: `Literary superstar` Mail on Sunday `Ingenious` Guardian `Ground-breaking` Sunday Times `Mark Billingham gets better and better` Michael Connelly `A cracking read . . . I couldn`t put it down!` Shari Lapena `A damn fine storyteller` Karin Slaughter `Twisted and twisty` Linwood Barclay `One of the most consistently entertaining, insightful crime writers working today` Gillian Flynn `The next superstar detective is already with us. Don`t miss him` Lee Child