Buried Book Paperback Fiction Crime Thriller by Mark Billingham

This is the sixth Tom Thorne novel and, as always, things are not going well for our country music loving detective.

One of the things that I have to admit appeal to me about this series, is that they are set in a real part of London and there is much that is familiar. I recognise the London Mark Billingham writes about and the people who populate his books.

Like all the Thorne books, this is comprehensively plotted and realistic. Thorne is not an action hero – but a disgruntled, weary man, coping with personal problems and a bad back. This is certainly a series that I intend to read on with and it has become one of my favourites.

About the Author

Mark Billingham has twice won the Theakston's Old Peculier Award for Crime Novel of the Year and has also won a Sherlock Award for the Best Detective created by a British writer. Each of the novels featuring Detective Inspector Tom Thorne has been a Sunday Times bestseller. Sleepyhead and Scaredy Cat were made into a hit TV series on Sky 1 starring David Morrissey as Thorne, and a series based on the novels In the Dark and Time of Death was broadcast on BBC1. Mark lives in north London with his wife and two children.