The Burning Girl Av Mark Billingham

<p><font><b>The fourth book in the Tom Thorne series, from bestselling author Mark Billingham.</b></font><br><br><br>A MAN WHO KILLS FOR MONEY<br>X marks the spot - and when that spot is a corpse''s naked back and the X is carved in blood, DI Tom Thorne is in no doubt that the dead man is the latest victim of a particularly vicious killer. <br><br>A BRUTAL VENDETTA<br>This is brutal turf warfare between north London gangs. Organised crime boss Billy Ryan is moving into someone else''s patch, and that someone is not best pleased. <br><br>A COP WHO IS PLAYING WITH FIRE<br>And when an X is carved on DI Tom Thorne''s front door, he knows the smouldering embers of this case are about to erupt into flames...<br><br><b><i>__________</i></b><br><br><font><b>Read what everyone''s saying about the heart-racing Tom Thorne series:</b></font><br><br>''Literary superstar'' <i>Mail on Sunday</i><br><br>''Ingenious'' <i>Guardian</i><br><br>''Ground-breaking'' <i>Sunday Times</i><br><br>''Mark Billingham gets better and better'' Michael Connelly<br><br>''A cracking read . . . I couldn''t put it down!'' Shari Lapena<br><br>''A damn fine storyteller'' Karin Slaughter<br><br>''Twisted and twisty'' Linwood Barclay<br><br>''One of the most consistently entertaining, insightful crime writers working today'' Gillian Flynn<br><br>''The next superstar detective is already with us. Don''t miss him'' Lee Child</p>