Love Like Blood (Tom Thorne Novels)

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It is not fully straight forward, not written in stone that he will help, but there is one thing which puts him more in mind to help. It’s made clear early in the book that Tanner’s suspicions are correct with the introduction of the mismatched pair of hitmen, one Irish (likes fried breakfasts, porn and prostitutes), one Pakistani (vegetarian and troubled by how much his partner revels in their work). All readers can rely on Mark Billingham, he is one author who cares passionately about his characters.

Honour killings have also been documented in Jewish and Christian communities,' Tanners says in the book. Thorne becomes involved in this case through contact with Nicola Tanner, an officer in the unit charged with investigating suspected honor killings. Tanner and Thorne confront leaders from the Sikh, Muslim and Hindu communities, though again they don’t really have enough to go on. I can pretty much guarantee that any book by Mark Billingham featuring Tom Thorne will be a 5 star before I even read it, and Love Like Blood is no exception.

In Tom Thorne's 14th instalment we welcome back DI Nicola Tanner who first appeared in the standalone Die Of Shame.

A television series based on the Thorne novels was screened in Autumn 2010, starring David Morrissey as Tom Thorne and a BBC series based on the standalone thrillers IN THE DARK and TIME OF DEATH was shown in 2017. And the conclusion of the case is as heart thumpingly tense as it satisfying and yet also, at times, surreally calm. Tom is inveigled by DI Nocola Tanner who is on compassionate leave following the murder of her partner Susan Best who had acid thrown in her face and the stabbed to death. It appears that the Brits, in addition to avoidance of guns even in novels, are also very poor shots on the rare occasion they take aim. And his friendship with Phil Hendricks, and with this book in particular, Hendricks’ casual bantering with Tanner, provide the moments of much needed light relief you come to rely upon.Could it be that her enquiries within the local Asian community had ruffled one too many of the wrong feathers. Billingham has few equals in moulding convincing characters and his finest creation Thorne is in top form .

This is a serious topic revolving around the control of women by men who consider that the rules and mores of today's society do not apply to them and more worryingly is that a younger generation of males are learning and adopting the same culture. Informed and horrified - that in the name of religion families could commit violence and murder against female relatives who are accused of bringing shame to the family. And how he and Hendricks lamented the fact they would much rather be eating a curry from the Bengal Lancer and not the curry house local to where Thorne now lives. As the killers target their latest victim, Thorne takes the biggest risk of his career and is drawn into a horrifying and disturbing world in which families will do anything to protect their honour. When Detective Inspector Nicola Tanner's partner is murdered in their own home she is left seething with the need for vengeance and justice.No different with Love Like Blood which I read fast, often angrily, the best reads are the ones that grip you by the heartstrings, not letting go and send you through a gamut of emotions as you head towards the finale. What’s a little hard to believe is that Tanner isn’t given more police protection from the start, considering how and why her girlfriend was murdered. Tanner seems completed unbothered that people want to kill her and barely seems touched by her partner being killed. Thorne's partner Helen is also a police officer and is investigation possible child abuse of two boys who attend the school where Susan Best taught. Nicola is grieving for her partner, Susan, who was murdered a couple of weeks ear