In The Dark
Paperback. Pub. Date: 2008 08 Pages: 1 in Publisher: Hachette Digital withrainy A night in South London. A gun is On that fired is into a car which swerves on to the pavement. Killing the person standing at a bus the stop It seems that a chilling gang initiation has cost an innocent victim their...
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Paperback. Pub. Date: 2008 08 Pages: 1 in Publisher: Hachette Digital withrainy A night in South London. A gun is On that fired is into a car which swerves on to the pavement. Killing the person standing at a bus the stop It seems that a chilling gang initiation has cost an innocent victim their life. But the reality is far more sinister ... One life is wiped out and three more are changed forever: the young man whose finger was on the trigger; an ageing gangster planning a deadly revenge . and the pregnant woman who struggles desperately to uncover the truth. Two weeks away from giving birth. how will she deal with a world where death is an occupational hazard In a city where violence can be random or meticulously planned. where teenage gangs clash with career criminals and where loyalty is paid for in blood. anything is possible. Secrets are uncovered as fast as bodies. an...
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ISBN:
9781405504577 (1405504579)
Edition language: English
Some things are best left in the dark, this book is one of them... I really disliked this book. I was looking forward to reading this one, but it disappointed me to a point in which I'm probably never going to touch a book by Mark Billingham again. (They say first impressions are very important, w...
As the first stand alone novel by this author, I wasn't sure what to expect but was excited to see if it lived up to the brilliant Thorne novels. And it did in my opinion! The central character of Helen Weeks was likeable without being squeaky clean and boring, and the plot just as tense and dramati...
Violent criminals, big and small; some of them teenagers believing that they are much bigger than they actually are. London police, some straight and some crooked. This book contains non-stop action from the beginning, and the reader is continually trying to separate the good guys from the bad. It i...