The Burning Girl
Registered by Giz-angel of Greenwich, Greater London United Kingdom on 6/17/2005
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Really enjoyed this - It's the first of his I've read.
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Synopsis
Jessica Clarke had been set alight twenty years ago. Her attacker, quickly tracked down and eager to confess, was still in jail, his career as a hitman for North London gangs now well behind him. So who is harassing Carol Chamberlain, the arresting officer in that case, and claiming that he is the one who burned the girl? Now retired, Carol turns to DI Tom Thorne for help. He's up to his neck in an investigation into a series of killings, which appears to be the result of a turf war between rival gangs, and he's fed up to the gills with reporting to DCI Tughan, so helping Carol out looks like a good deed in a naughty world. Only the world is about to turn much nastier, so nasty in fact that he finds himself longing for a straightforward psycopath to hunt down. In Mark Billingham's fourth novel, he explores the effects of violence and greed on the lives of those who exploit their fellow beings in a novel of exceptional power.
Amazon says:
Synopsis
Jessica Clarke had been set alight twenty years ago. Her attacker, quickly tracked down and eager to confess, was still in jail, his career as a hitman for North London gangs now well behind him. So who is harassing Carol Chamberlain, the arresting officer in that case, and claiming that he is the one who burned the girl? Now retired, Carol turns to DI Tom Thorne for help. He's up to his neck in an investigation into a series of killings, which appears to be the result of a turf war between rival gangs, and he's fed up to the gills with reporting to DCI Tughan, so helping Carol out looks like a good deed in a naughty world. Only the world is about to turn much nastier, so nasty in fact that he finds himself longing for a straightforward psycopath to hunt down. In Mark Billingham's fourth novel, he explores the effects of violence and greed on the lives of those who exploit their fellow beings in a novel of exceptional power.
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Sending to Kislany - enjoy!
Sending to Kislany - enjoy!
Thank you so much, arrived very fast, and looks good too.
Reserved for ellymae58 for a trade.
Reserved for ellymae58 for a trade.
Released 18 yrs ago (9/12/2005 UTC) at
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Enjoy :)
Enjoy :)
Thanks Kis!! I am looking forward to reading this. I have three books by this author, and have yet to read any of them!
BTW, I am *still* trying to get through the book I owe you. I haven't had much time to read in the last couple of weeks, so it seems to be taking me forever to get throught it!
BTW, I am *still* trying to get through the book I owe you. I haven't had much time to read in the last couple of weeks, so it seems to be taking me forever to get throught it!
Journal Entry 6 by EllyMae58 at --Bus/Stop (See Notes For Details) in San Diego, California USA on Monday, April 14, 2008