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Lifeless

AuthorMark Billingham

NarratorThe Author

SeriesTom Thorne, Book 5

Duration11h 1m

CategoriesAdult Fiction, Crime, Thriller and Mysteries

PublisherLittle, Brown

VersionUnabridged

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A series of killings. Three men, sleeping rough on London's mean streets, have been found brutally murdered - each victim kicked to death and found with a £20 note pinned to his chest. But were they killed at random, or were they targeted for a reason? A deadly mission. Tom Thorne is posted to the same streets - working undercover, disguised as a homeless man. In a harsh and harrowing underworld, Thorne discovers the horrifying link between the homeless victims and the perpetrators of a 15-year-old atrocity. A ruthless enemy. Those who know are keeping quiet. But the word on these streets is that the killer is a cop...

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