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"‘Delivering the death message’. That’s what coppers call it when they have to tell someone that a loved one has been killed. Now Detective Inspector Tom Thorne is receiving messages of his own. Photos of murder victims sent to his mobile phone. The killer is quickly identified as a man just released from prison; someone who believes he has nothing left to live for. But why is he sending these pictures to Thorne? The answer lies in Thorne’s past, with a man he himself sent away, for life. Even behind bars, the most vicious psychopath Thorne has ever faced is still a master at manipulating others to do his dirty work for him. Particularly his killings..."(plot description on Mark Billingham's official website)

This UK author's U.S. reputation will get a boost since the author's recent coup winning the Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year Award for Death Message, featuring London copper DI Tom Thorne. Read more about the award... Mark Billingham won the first Theakston award for Lazybones, also available at HCPL.

Fans of police procedurals and of books about psychopathic master-mind serial killers, why not take a chance on a lesser-known author - an author who is one to watch!

Labels: crime fiction, Death Message, Mark Billingham, police procedural, Theakston award