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Cry baby / Mark Billingham.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Billingham, Mark. DI Tom Thorne series ; 17.Publisher: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2020]Copyright date: © 2020Description: 437 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780802149466
  • 0802149464
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "In the summer of 1996, two boys run from a playground into the adjoining woods, but only one comes out. DS Tom Thorne takes on a case that quickly spirals out of control when two people connected with the missing boy are murdered. As London prepares to host the European soccer championships, Thorne fights to keep on top of a baffling investigation while also dealing with the ugly fallout of his broken marriage. A prequel to Billingham's acclaimed debut Sleepyhead-which the Times voted "one of the 100 books that had shaped the decade"--This compelling novel highlights the case that shaped the career of one of British crime fiction's most iconic characters"--Provided by publisher.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Vol info Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library Mystery BILLINGH MARK TT 17 Available 33111009742376
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Mystery BILLINGH MARK TT 17 Available 33111009665544
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The latest thriller from internationally bestselling author Mark Billingham takes us back to the origins of Tom Thorne.

In the summer of 1996, two boys run from a playground into the adjoining woods, but only one comes out. DS Tom Thorne takes on a case that quickly spirals out of control when two people connected with the missing boy are murdered. As London prepares to host the European Soccer Championships, Thorne fights to keep on top of a baffling investigation while also dealing with the ugly fallout of his broken marriage.

A prequel to Billingham's acclaimed debut Sleepyhead --which the Times voted "one of the 100 books that had shaped the decade"--this compelling novel highlights the case that shaped the career of one of British crime fiction's most iconic characters.

"In the summer of 1996, two boys run from a playground into the adjoining woods, but only one comes out. DS Tom Thorne takes on a case that quickly spirals out of control when two people connected with the missing boy are murdered. As London prepares to host the European soccer championships, Thorne fights to keep on top of a baffling investigation while also dealing with the ugly fallout of his broken marriage. A prequel to Billingham's acclaimed debut Sleepyhead-which the Times voted "one of the 100 books that had shaped the decade"--This compelling novel highlights the case that shaped the career of one of British crime fiction's most iconic characters"--Provided by publisher.

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