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Tom Thorne Series

19 primary works • 20 total works
Tom Thorne, a middle aged detective inspector in London, England:

Book 1

Sleepyhead
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3.83 · 19940 Ratings · 1109 Reviews · published 2001 · 92 editions
Detective Inspector Tom Thorne now knows that thre…

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    Book 2

    Scaredy Cat
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    3.96     · 10640 Ratings · 493 Reviews · published 2001 · 74 editions
    SCARE SOMEONE ENOUGH, THEY'LL DO ANYTHING...

    It was…

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    Book 3

    Lazybones
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    4.08     · 7734 Ratings · 343 Reviews · published 2003 · 66 editions
    A MONSTER MURDERED

    It's only ten days since Douglas…

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    Book 4

    The Burning Girl
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    3.87     · 7030 Ratings · 312 Reviews · published 2004 · 55 editions
    Jessica Clarke had been set alight twenty years ag…

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    Book 5

    Lifeless
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    4.05     · 5399 Ratings · 264 Reviews · published 2005 · 54 editions
    It appears that someone is targeting London's home…

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    Book 6

    Buried
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    3.99     · 5055 Ratings · 264 Reviews · published 2006 · 54 editions
    A MISSING BOY 

    Teenager Luke Mullen was last seen g…

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    Book 7

    Death Message
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    4.00     · 4422 Ratings · 261 Reviews · published 2007 · 55 editions
    Book by MARK BILLINGHAM

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    Book 8

    Bloodline
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    4.08     · 6851 Ratings · 336 Reviews · published 2009 · 57 editions
    DI Tom Thorne is back...

    It seems like a straightfo…

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    Book 9

    From the Dead
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    4.06     · 4939 Ratings · 311 Reviews · published 2010 · 58 editions
    It has been a decade since Alan Langford’s charred…

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    Book 9.5 included

    Thorne at Christmas
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    3.74     · 404 Ratings · 24 Reviews · published 2013 · 2 editions
    Available together in ebook for the first time eve…

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    Book 10

    Good As Dead
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    4.12     · 5901 Ratings · 371 Reviews · published 2011 · 39 editions
    The Hostage. Police officer Helen Weeks walks into…

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    Book 11

    The Dying Hours
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    4.04     · 4051 Ratings · 323 Reviews · published 2013 · 10 editions
    A fantastic, never-before-published Tom Thorne nov…

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    Book 12

    The Bones Beneath
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    4.01     · 4147 Ratings · 356 Reviews · published 2014 · 32 editions
    The Bones Beneath, the twelfth novel in the intern…

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    Book 13

    Time of Death
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    4.06     · 4212 Ratings · 365 Reviews · published 2015 · 11 editions
    Time Of Death…

    The Missing
    Two schoolgirls are abduc…

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    Book 14

    Love Like Blood
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    4.27     · 4453 Ratings · 390 Reviews · published 2017 · 25 editions
    This riveting novel marks the return of series cha…

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    Book 15

    The Killing Habit
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    4.13     · 3827 Ratings · 307 Reviews · published 2018 · 25 editions
    From “one of the most consistently entertaining, i…

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    Book 16

    Their Little Secret
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    4.12     · 5521 Ratings · 528 Reviews · published 2019 · 22 editions
    When DI Tom Thorne is called to conduct a routine …

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    Book 17

    Cry Baby
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    4.18     · 4962 Ratings · 547 Reviews · published 2020 · 22 editions
    In the summer of 1996, two boys run from a playgro…

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    Book 18

    The Murder Book
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    4.21     · 5053 Ratings · 367 Reviews · published 2022 · 15 editions
    Tom Thorne finally has it all.

    In Nicola Tanner and…

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    Book 19

    What the Night Brings
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    4.53     · 2059 Ratings · 266 Reviews · 7 editions
    What the Night Brings by Mark Billingham is the la…

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