The Killing Habit

By: Mark Billingham

Narrated by: Mark Billingham

'One of the great series of British crime fiction' The Times

From multi-million-copy number one bestseller Mark Billingham comes a twisting, unbearably gripping DI Tom Thorne and Nicola Tanner thriller inspired by a dramatic real-life case.

How do you catch a killer who is yet to kill?

We've all heard about the signs: coldness, cruelty, lack of empathy. DI Tom Thorne knows the psychological profile of a psychopath all too well, so when pets start disappearing on suburban London streets, he sees a chance to stop a future murderer.

Others are less convinced, so Thorne relies on DI Nicola Tanner to help him solve the case, before the culprit starts hunting people. The journey brings them face to face with a killer who will tear their lives apart.

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'A new Mark Billingham is always a treat and The Killing Habit hurls the reader straight into the action. Thoroughly enjoyable for being so very real' SUSIE STEINER

'Mark Billingham on superb form. A finely paced and polished procedural, with twists and turns galore and an ending that will chill your soul' CARA HUNTER

'An unconventional literary superstar' MAIL ON SUNDAY

'As ever with Billingham, a rich cast of characters and tense situations are marshalled with panache, leading to a final terrifying encounter' FINANCIAL TIMES

'Thorne is a terrific invention' IRISH INDEPENDENT©2018 Mark Billingham Ltd

Critic reviews

His [Billingham's] storylines of murders that go unseen or unrecognised are chilling and moving, and Tom Thorne is on terrific form

One of the great series of British crime fiction

Groundbreaking ... a gripping, unsensational take on a type of crime that is happening more frequently than many of us realise

A new Mark Billingham is always a treat and The Killing Habit hurls the reader straight into the action. Thoroughly enjoyable for being so very real.

[A] sensitive topic delicately handled, with a perfectly executed and thoroughly unnerving twist at the end

Mark Billingham on superb form. A finely paced and polished procedural, with twists and turns galore and an ending that will chill your soul.

An unconventional literary superstar

As ever with Billingham, a rich cast of characters and tense situations are marshalled with panache, leading to a final terrifying encounter

Thorne is a terrific invention

The strength of the DI Thorne novels is in the knowledge that all of this could be real. The closing of the novel will please even the most discerning fan of the police procedural, and leave you yearning for more.

Another tough but utterly intriguing entry in one of the best British police detective series going

Fabulous

As always mark billingham never fails to to entertain. He is such a good story teller. I did like him narrating it but I wished he’d changed his voice for each character. Sometimes it was a bit hard knowing who was talking