# Time of Death by Mark Billingham (Paperback)

**The thirteenth book in the Tom Thorne series, from bestselling author Mark Billingham.**  
  
**THE 2016 _SUNDAY TIMES_ NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER**  
  
**DI Tom Thorne returns in a chilling mystery that will keep readers guessing until the final page.**  
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The Missing**  
  
Two schoolgirls are abducted in the small, dying Warwickshire town of Polesford, driving a knife into the heart of the community where police officer Helen Weeks grew up and from which she long ago escaped. But this is a place full of secrets, where dangerous truths lie buried.  
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The Accused**  
  
When it's splashed all over the press that family man Stephen Bates has been arrested, Helen and her partner Tom Thorne head to the flooded town to support Bates' wife - an old school friend of Helen's - who is living under siege with two teenage children and convinced of her husband's innocence.  
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The Dead**  
  
As residents and media bay for Bates' blood, a decomposing body is found. The police believe they have their murderer in custody, but one man believes otherwise. With a girl still missing, Thorne sets himself on a collision course with local police, townsfolk - and a merciless killer.  
  
**'One of the great series of British crime fiction' _The Times_**  
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'Mark Billingham is one of the greatest writers in any genre' Steve Cavanagh**  
  
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**The outstanding new Tom Thorne thriller, THEIR LITTLE SECRET, is out now!**

## Details

- **Price:** 9.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** Little, Brown Book Group Limited
- **Type:** Mark Billingham
- **Tags:** Adult, Crime & Mystery, Paperback, Thriller & Suspense

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