Buried By Mark Billingham, Little Brown, £12.99THERE'S not many authors better at getting to grips with crime than Mark Billingham.
The award-winning author of the DI Tom Thorne series earned him the Best Detective Created by a British Writer in 2003.
And last year he won a Best Crime Novel of the Year award for Lazybones.
In his latest novel DI Thorne is on the case again. The son of a former, high-ranking police officer has disappeared.
This book grips you right from the start. The sharp, tense, writing style, hits you between the eyes. Then Billingham sweeps you along through all the unfolding twists and turns. You'll read this book in double quick time. It demands it.