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The Dying Hours – Reviews

Expertly crafted, with a nicely judged build-up of tension and a slam-dunk ending, The Dying Hours is a terrific read
The Guardian

An ingenious police procedural
The Independent

The joy here comes from watching Thorne work under the radar while on the hunt for a killer who proves to be extremely clever and really, really mean
New York Times Book Review

A growing number of suicides start looking like murder in Billingham’s absorbing novel. Billingham takes a chance by shaking up Thorne’s career, but it pays off in this consistently tense thriller
Publishers Weekly

The Dying Hours, and it comes to a breathtaking and surprising climax, with the last sharp twist saved for the final pages
The Tampa Bay Times

Convincing characters in a layered plot with well-paced suspense from a multiple-award-winning author with more than a dozen novels under his belt. Who could ask for more?
Reviewing The Evidence

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