
Death Message
Mark Billingham(Author)
Robert Glenister(Speaker)
Hachette Audio (Publisher)
Published on 23. August 2007
Audio
CD-Audio
978-1-4055-0100-2 (ISBN)
Description
The first message sent to Tom Thorne's mobile phone was just a picture - the blurred image of a man's face, but Thorne had seen too many dead bodies in his time to know that this man was no longer alive. But who was he? Who sent the photograph? And why? While the technical experts attempt to trace the sender, Thorne searches the daily police bulletins for a reported death that would match the photograph. Then another picture arrives. Another dead man ... It is the identities of the murdered men which give Thorne his first clue, a link to a dangerous killer he'd put away years before and who is still in prison. With a chilling talent for manipulation, this man has led another inmate to plot revenge on everyone he blames for his current incarceration, and for the murder of his family while he's been inside. Newly released, this convict has no fear of the police, no feelings for those he is compelled to murder. Now Tom Thorne must face one of the toughest challenges of his career, knowing that there is no killer more dangerous than one who has nothing left to lose.
Reviews / Votes
Murder and mystery do not come better than this. * What's On in London * Brisk, racy read. * The Times * Assured and shocking thriller. * The Guardian * A cunning variation on the serial-murder theme. * Sunday Telegraph *More details
Series
Edition
Abridged edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition type
Abridged edition
Product notice
Audio CD
Dimensions
Height: 139 mm
Width: 197 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Duration
Dauer: 368 min
Weight
216 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4055-0100-2 (9781405501002)
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Persons
Mark Billingham has twice won the Theakston Old Peculier Award for Crime Novel of the Year, the Sherlock Award for the best detective created by a British writer and in 2026 he was awarded the Crime Writers' Association Diamond Dagger for an outstanding lifetime contribution to the genre. Sleepyhead and Scaredy Cat were made into a hit TV series on Sky 1 starring David Morrissey as Tom Thorne, and a series based on the novels In the Dark and Time of Death was broadcast on BBC1. Mark lives in north London with his wife and two children.