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In this chilling and moving international bestseller, two of Londons toughest detectives investigate the savage world of honor killings (The Times, London).
In Love Like Blood, DI Tom Thorne, the next superstar detective, teams up with perfectionist DI Nicola Tanner, the protagonist of Billinghams acclaimed stand-alone thriller Die of Shame (Lee Child).
When her domestic partner Susan is brutally murdered, Nicola Tanner is convinced that she was the intended target. The murderers motive is likely connected to her recent work on a string of cold case honor killings. Despite being placed on leave, Tanner insists on pursuing justice for Susanand she turns to fellow DI Tom Thorne for help.
Agreeing to take the case, Thorne quickly finds that working in such controversial territory among Londons Hindu, Muslim, and Sikh communities can be dangerous in more ways than one. But when a young Bangladeshi couple goes missing, Tanner and Thorne must put everything on the line to investigate a case that is anything but cold.
Brilliant. The Independent
Groundbreaking . . . a gripping, unsensational take on a type of crime that is happening more frequently than many of us realize. The Sunday Times
Genre: Mystery
In Love Like Blood, DI Tom Thorne, the next superstar detective, teams up with perfectionist DI Nicola Tanner, the protagonist of Billinghams acclaimed stand-alone thriller Die of Shame (Lee Child).
When her domestic partner Susan is brutally murdered, Nicola Tanner is convinced that she was the intended target. The murderers motive is likely connected to her recent work on a string of cold case honor killings. Despite being placed on leave, Tanner insists on pursuing justice for Susanand she turns to fellow DI Tom Thorne for help.
Agreeing to take the case, Thorne quickly finds that working in such controversial territory among Londons Hindu, Muslim, and Sikh communities can be dangerous in more ways than one. But when a young Bangladeshi couple goes missing, Tanner and Thorne must put everything on the line to investigate a case that is anything but cold.
Brilliant. The Independent
Groundbreaking . . . a gripping, unsensational take on a type of crime that is happening more frequently than many of us realize. The Sunday Times
Genre: Mystery
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