’Gripping...taut, tense and disturbing’

--THE TIMES

’Tom Thorne comes up agaiast a killer with nothing to lose who is out for Moody revenge. Thorne’s toughest challenge yet - and that’s just the way we like it’

--THE OBSERVER

’As pacy as ever, this confirms Billingham’s status as the only crime writer capable of snapping at Rankin’s heels’

--ELLE

The Message

DI Tom Thorne has seen plenty of dead bodies in his time. But when he starts receiving sick photos of murder victims on his mobile phone, he soon realises that the next body could be his.

The Killer

And even when the man who has been sending the photos is tracked down, the deadly threat remains. For some, the case is all but closed, but Thorne’s nightmare is just beginning...