344 pages
English language
Published July 4, 2011 by Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Co..
A murderer is targeting the children of victims of an infamous serial killer from London's past and Murder Squad veteran Detective Tom Thorne finds he's dealing with one of the most twisted killers he has ever hunted.
crime stories always seem more interesting when set in the UK.
This is yet further proof that Billingham is a fine crime writer who is compelled, for reasons as artificial as Jeopardy's format, to put that crime fiction in the form of a serial killer plot. The lack of artificially flavored suspense may disappoint those who like serial killer fantasies, and the presence of a serial killer (yawn) may irritate those who appreciate Billingham's style. I have no idea what that cover is about. This one is more like In the Dark and less like Sleepyhead, and while I thought Sleepyhead was brilliant in the way it imagined the female lead's point of of view, I can do without the cleverly insane and let's-top-this villains. I reviewed it for Reviewing the Evidence.
