<p><b>TOM THORNE IS BACK . . . AND SO IS HIS WORST NIGHTMARE<br></b><br>A gripping, grisly read. Mark Billingham is a terrific crime writer'' ----- ANTHONY HOROWITZ<br><b><br><br>Tom Thorne has it all.<br></b><br>In Nicola Tanner and Phil Hendricks, Thorne has good friends by his side. He finally has a love life worth a damn and is happy in the job to which he has devoted his life...<br><br><b>He has everything to lose.</b><br><br>Hunting the woman responsible for a series of grisly murders, Thorne has no way of knowing that he will be plunged into a nightmare from which he may never wake.<br><br><b>And he''ll do anything to keep it.</b><br><br>Finally, Thorne''s past has caught up with him and a ruinous secret is about to be revealed. If he wants to save himself and his friends, he must do the unthinkable.<br><br><b><u><br>PRAISE FOR MARK BILLINGHAM</u></b><br><br><b>''Mark Billingham is a master of psychology''</b><br>Ian Rankin<br><br><b>''Fast-paced and twisting''<br></b>Paula Hawk