Condition: Near Fine. :: Further Information: No synopsis available. 448pp. ::

Condition: Good. An acceptable reading copy only. :: Further Information: (Originally £6.99) Size: A Format (111 x 175mm). 480pp. ::

2003 reprint, Time Warner Paperback edition. Very good condition, but spine does have some creasing.

Little Brown 2007 hardback edition. Mint condition. Book and DJ perfect.

May 2006 Little Brown hardback edition. in very good condition. Book itself is in mint condition. DJ is very good, has some edgewear to top and bottom edges, but otherwise smooth. Unprice clipped. Nice copy.

To friends and enemies alike, it looks as though Tom Thorne’s career is on the skids. Depressed by the recent loss of his father and berated for seriously overstepping the mark on his last case, he’s been encouraged to take ‘gardening’ leave. For an ambitious detective – especially one without so much as a window box – it’s a fairly dire situation.But not as dire as the situation for London’s homeless. Three men, sleeping rough on streets paved with anything but gold, have been found murdered – each victim kicked to death with a ?20 note pinned to their chest. Were these men just random alcoholics, junkies and jetsam? Or were they targeted for a reason?Thorne is perfectly placed to find out, and is seconded to the streets. Not as a policemen on the beat, but as one of life’s rejects. It fits: he looks the part - and feels it as well. In a harsh and harrowing netherworld, with its own rules and moral code, Thorne discovers the horrifying link between the homeless victims and the perpetrators of a fifteen year old atrocity. Those that know are saying nothing. But the word on these streets is that the killer is a cop. A policeman, it seems, was sniffing around long before Thorne came on the scene...

His first three victims ended up dead. His fourth was not so fortunate...Alison Willetts in unlucky to be alive. She has survived a stroke, deliberately induced by a skilful manipulation of pressure points on the head and neck. She can see, hear and feel; she is aware of everything going on around her, but she is completely unable to move or communicate. It's called Locked-In-Syndrome. In leaving Alison Willetts alive, the police believe the killer has made his first mistake. Then DI Tom Thorne discovers the horrifying truth: it isn't Alison who is the mistake; it's the three women already dead.Read by Robert Glenister