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Tom Thorne Novels Series 6 Books Collection Set By Mark Billingham Book-1 To 6 ( Sleepyhead, Scaredy Cat, Lazybones, The Burning Girl, Lifeless, Buried)

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Good As Dead – Police officer Helen Weeks walks into her local newsagents on her way to work. Little does she know that this simple daily ritual will change her life forever. As she waits innocently at the till, she comes face to face with a gunman. The crazed hostage-taker is desperate to know what really happened to his beloved son. By holding a police officer at gunpoint, he will force DI Tom Thorne to re-investigate his son’s death. Mmmm, I feel very torn with this review and I will tell you why. Having never read any of the Thorne series of books by Mark Billingham, I decided to make a marathon catch up session and start with his debut novel Sleepyhead (released in 2001). The synopsis sounded pretty amazing and I started the book with anticipation. The reason I say I am torn is because I have really conflicting emotions. The story, writing and plot was flipping amazing and it took me no time to devour the book. On the other hand I am still undecided about how I feel about Tom Thorne.

Mark Billingham’s comedic sensibilities stand out in his Tom Thorne books, with some of the best books in the series including: This book is told from three points of view, namely: Thorne, the killer, and Alison. The story told here is designed to deliver in-depth character development and exploration. According to the author, if he knew Tom Thorne as well as most writers know their characters, he wouldn’t be writing the Tom Thorne series anymore because it wouldn’t be much of an adventure.

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The general theme of Scaredy Cat is really the power of fear, and that fear is a very powerful weapon, and if you are prepared to instil it, you have a very powerful weapon that is every bit as dangerous as a gun or a knife. Also what happened to me in that hotel room fed directly into a sub-plot in Scaredy Cat with some very nasty crimes carried out in hotel rooms. [3] Television adaptations [ edit ]

Mark Billingham turned his hand into writing comedy scripts for TV, as well as continued to act and appear in front of the camera in various occasions. Generally, he is a self confessed fan of crime fiction and a very serious collector. In the year 2011, Mark Billingham was inducted into the ITV3 crime thriller awards hall of fame. He also won 1995 Royal Television Society Award for the best entertainment programme. While he was at Knight School, he was nominated for the Best Children’s Drama Award for two consecutive years. Writing Mark Philip David Billingham (born 2 July 1961) [1] is an English novelist, actor, television screenwriter and comedian known for the "Tom Thorne" crime novel series. Mark Billingham’s Sleepyhead was called ‘an exceptional debut’ by George Pelecanos, lauded for its ‘strong… Lazybones was the follow-up to Scaredy Cat, and the third book in the Tom Thorne series. After great commercial success, Lazybones was to be Billingham’s critical breakthrough, as it won him the 2004 Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. After Lazybones, the fourth book in the Tom Thorne series was published, The Burning Girl. That was followed by Lifeless and then Buried. The seventh book in the Tom Thorne series, Death Message, which was published in 2007, would win a second Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award.

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