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Mark s narration is always spot on, very easy to listen to and good characterisation. I know that each book is going to be very good and that mark is one author, who never fails to hold your attention. As a novelist, he is best known for his tom thorne series. He has sensitively written about honour killing in an honest and sympathetic way. He lives in north london together with his wife and children. Tom thorne, a middle aged detective inspector in london, england.
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English author mark billingham has been through a great deal with his famed detective di tom thorne, but never before have they tackled the gutwrenching topic of honour killing. Love like blood tom thorne, book 14 by mark billingham. The story grips from the beginning and delivers right up until the final full stop. The use of additional narrators in this book worked well too, and wasnt jarring as it sometimes can be.
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