Love Like Blood: A Novel (Tom Thorne)
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (829 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1681686430 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 265 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Praise for Love Like Blood:#5 Sunday Times bestseller in the UK?A novel that probes the phenomenon of honor killings and casts doubt on the work of the Metropolitan Police?s Honor Crimes Unit.??New York Times Book Review, Editors? Choice?Brilliant.??Independent (UK)?Honor-based violence is a scourge in Britain, where the Crown Prosecution Service estimates that the 12 or so honor killings reported each year are only a fraction of the true number committed In Love Like Blood, Mark Billingham puts human faces on one such case Although ?dishonored? male relatives are prime suspects in most cases of punitive violence, squeamish families often prefer to shop the job to a middleman with access to professional hit men?thugs like Muldo
Her partner, Susan, has been brutally murdered and Tanner is convinced that it was a case of mistaken identity-that she was the real target. The murderer's motive might have something to do with Tanner's recent work on a string of cold-case honor killings she believes to be related. DI Nicola Tanner needs Tom Thorne's help. Tanner is now on compassionate leave but insists on pursuing the case off the books and knows Thorne is just the man to jump into the fire with her. Racing towards a twist-filled ending, Love Like Blood is another feat of masterful plotting from one of Britain's top crime novelists.. And when a young couple goes missing, they have a chance to investigate a case that is anything but cold. He agrees but quickly finds that working in such controversial territory is dangerous in more ways than one
Another excellent Tom Thorne novel from Billingham "Love Like Blood" (LLB) by Mark Billingham is the 1Another excellent Tom Thorne novel from Billingham Kenneth C. Mahieu "Love Like Blood" (LLB) by Mark Billingham is the 14th in the Tom Thorne series. I have read the entire series and always look forward to a new book from him. Thorne is a London homicide detective who travels to the beat a different drummer. Always in trouble with his superiors, always following his own instincts, occasionally suspended, irascible, committed, etc. A good. th in the Tom Thorne series. I have read the entire series and always look forward to a new book from him. Thorne is a London homicide detective who travels to the beat a different drummer. Always in trouble with his superiors, always following his own instincts, occasionally suspended, irascible, committed, etc. A good. Very enjoyable. The only reason I am not giving this a 5 star rating is that it kept referring back to a previous book which I had to pull out and skim through. This delayed my being able to jump into this book as quickly as I would have liked.As always a very good story with enjoyable characters. Fun to see how Tom and Helen's relationship is progressing.. Dudleydog said Tom Thorne back with a vengence. An interesting story line makes this very good police procedural a must read for Tom Thorne fans. A pity that bad man Diaz got away. A recommended book for Mark Billingham fans.