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Scaredy Cat

Tom Thorne, Book 2

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Scaredy Cat

By: Mark Billingham
Narrated by: Robert Glenister
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It was a vicious, calculated murder. The killer selected his victim at Euston station, followed her home on the tube, and strangled her to death in front of her child. At the same time, killed in the same way, a second body is discovered at the back of King's Cross station. It is a grisly coincidence that eerily echoes the murder of two other women, stabbed to death months before on the same day...

DI Tom Thorne who sees the link and comes to the horrifying conclusion: this is not a serial killer the police are up against - there are two of them. Finding the body used to be the worst part of the job. Not any more. Now each time a body is found, Thorne must live with the knowledge that somewhere out there is a second victim, waiting to be discovered. However while the methods might be the same, Thorne comes to realise that he is hunting two very different killers. One is ruthless and in control, while his partner in crime is submissive, compliant, terrified...

©2002 Mark Billingham; (P)2006 Time Warner AudioBooks Action & Adventure Crime Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Police Procedural Psychological Thriller & Suspense Fiction Murder Exciting Suspense

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Critic reviews

"Britain now has its own forensic crime maestro." (Guardian)
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Loved the story and the narration but could do without the music..... Please reconsider future books

Thoroughly enjoyable

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This is the second Tom Thorne book I've read. I like a good police procedural and wanted to like this one. Unfortunately, like its predecessor, it was too obvious: one clear red herring and then the 'surprise' perpetrator (not a surprise). The awful 'music' between sections is also really annoying.

obvious

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I have enjoyed the pervious books in the series, but this was confusing as the narrator doesn’t change accents/voices for the different characters. The music was totally irritating!

Music has no place in book

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narration was poor, story line reasonable, very confusing not enough difference in speech inflection to say who was whom. Not his best work.

confusing

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Like the previous book in the series it was a bit disjointed in places. I don't normally buy abridged books and this is why.
Story and performance wise this was great. Good story and believable characters.

Great story

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