A stand-out thriller.[A] remarkable achievement.
Chicago Sun-Times
Hailed as one of the UKs strongest contemporary thriller writersthe British Dennis LehaneMark Billingham may be the most exciting author to hit the noir fiction scene in years. With In the Dark, Billingham steps briefly away from his bestselling series featuring Detective Inspector Tom Thorne (Sleepyhead, Scaredy Cat, Lazybones, et al) and delivers a powerful story of cops, street gangs, and career criminals that twists and turns into dark, unexpected areas. In the Dark is a magnificentachievementby a modern master whos been compared enthusiastically to Michael Connelly, Ian Rankin, and George Pellacanos, and whose latest novel,Death Message, has recently been namedthe Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year.