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About this listen

 Discover the first of the two masterful hit novels adapted for the massive new BBC One Drama series In The Dark, featuring brilliant heroine Helen Weeks.

'Clever and inventive'
Financial Times

Two schoolgirls are abducted in the small, dying Warwickshire town of Polesford, driving a knife into the heart of the community where police officer Helen Weeks grew up. But this is a place full of secrets, where dangerous truths lie buried.

When family man Stephen Bates has been arrested, Helen and her partner Tom Thorne head to the flooded town to support Bates' wife - an old school friend of Helen's - who is living under siege and convinced of her husband's innocence.

As residents and media bay for Bates' blood, a decomposing body is found. The police believe they have their murderer, but one man believes otherwise. With a girl still missing, Helen sets herself on a collision course with local police, townsfolk - and a merciless killer.

The hugely acclaimed latest novel in Mark Billingham's bestselling series, Love Like Blood, is out now.©2015 Mark Billingham Ltd Crime Crime Thrillers Fiction Modern Detectives Mystery Police Procedural Thriller Thriller & Suspense Marriage Suspense
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Kept guessing till the end.
Thorne as good as ever, few sub plots to keep you guessing.looking firward to next one.

Good listen

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Absolutely enjoyed all chapters and was read fantastically. I want now to listen to another of his books

Brilliant

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Would you listen to Time of Death again? Why?

Yes I love Mark Billingham's books and it was brilliant having the author narrate the book

What about Mark Billingham’s performance did you like?

You could imagine him as the main character

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I laughed and cried kept me hanging on to the end

Any additional comments?

Brilliant book well read and Tom Thorne is great

A great listen

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Good story, just lacked pace and got bogged down here and there.
Narration was good though.

A little slow

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Strikes me this one is a bit of a pot-boiler. A slow story and really rather dull, partly because Thorne is off-duty and so the usual procedural details are missing.

And I'm sorry, Mr B, but I don't find your narration of the best! Your voice is a bit flat and your interpretation of Thorne jars with me.

(I shall read / listen to the next one in the hope that it gets back to the standard we are used to.)

Not the best in the series

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