The Demands

Easy 5 stars. In my opinion, this is easily the best of the series so far. I have found this series a bit hit and miss, a few good or very good books, but most just about average. However this one grips you from page 1 all the way through to the end, moves at a very fast pace. All the characters are......more

This is the tenth instalment in the Tom Thorne detective novels and it was the first I've ever read. I've seen Tom Thorne adapted for TV, played by David Morrissey and I absolutely loved that, even though I've read that a lot of people don't think they're particularly true to the books. I didn't fin......more

Spannend!!!......more

Thank you Mark Billingham, you made my dreams come true!! When I read Mark Billingham's stand-alone book 'In the Dark', I became really attached to the stubborn, determined and heavily pregnant police officer and heroine Helen Weeks. I couldn't help thinking what an interesting counterpoint she woul......more

Few if any are better than Billingham when it comes to contemporary British crime. His tenth novel to feature DI Tom Thorne finds the gritty London copper in a race-against time to save police officer Helen Weeks, who’s being held hostage by a dairy owner who’s snapped. What does the gunman want? No......more