{"product_id":"time-of-death","title":"Time of Death","description":"Product Description\n\n\nDiscover 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 TimesTwo 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.\n\n\nReview\n\n\nIngenious ... what is most impressive about this novel, however, is the astute observation -- Laura Wilson ―\nThe Guardian\n\nThe writing displays the virtues that have made Mark Billingham a bestseller: wit, careful plotting, attention to detail and great characterisation... won't disappoint Billingham's legions of fans ―\nThe Telegraph\n\nThe plot element on which this gruesome mystery turns is certainly one of the cleverest and most satisfying that I've read for ages. ―\nMorning Star\n\nWhat lingers in the memory is the group portrait of the Polesford locals brutally closing ranks against a man they're certain deserves to die. ―\nKirkus\n\n\nBook Description\n\n\nNow a major BBC Drama as part of the series In the Dark, this is a gripping, brilliantly plotted thriller from No.1 bestselling author Mark Billingham\n\n\nAbout the Author\n\n\nMark Billingham has twice won the Theakston's Old Peculier Award for Crime Novel of the Year, and has also won a Sherlock Award for the Best Detective created by a British writer. Each of the novels featuring Detective Inspector Tom Thorne has been a\nSunday Times bestseller.\nSleepyhead and\nScaredy Cat were made into a hit TV series on Sky 1 starring David Morrissey as Thorne, and a series based on the novels\nIn the Dark and\nTime of Death was broadcast on BBC1. Mark lives in north London with his wife and two children.","brand":"smeikalbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39668050788437,"sku":"9780751566369N","price":5.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/e9077dd0-9f65-4294-baf4-c05b2855779d.jpg?v=1644269987","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/products\/time-of-death","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}