Book Review. Cry Baby - A Tom Thorne Thriller
Author. Mark Billingham
Publisher. Little, Brown
This is another on the ‘long list’ for Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award to be announced at the Harrogate Festival in July. So, there it was, a glorious hardback having arrived from Amazon Germany!
I tend not to go anywhere near ‘English-Cop-Dramas’ as they can infuriate the hell out of me when the writer doesn’t get it right or strays too far from what is legal. Mark Billingham must have some good contacts in ‘the old bill’ for he writes the inside stories very well and he has a penchant for creating friction within the investigation team.
I’ve not read him before but we have met and he certainly talks a good line! He is a story teller and like all good novelists there are other stories that sit alongside the main one. I also appreciated his asides that commented upon events of the time and there is DS Thorne’s taste of music too. I approved of that.
There is so much in the book. In fact, a list of occurrences, different relationships and how they work or don’t work that help create interest outside of the main event. There is also one residing in prison. It is about two children, their mothers and their two genetic fathers all interwoven through the chapters to the very end. It is not a short read and it keeps going at a pace to its conclusion. It kept me guessing and there were surprises too. And there are two dead bodies as well. I enjoyed it and if there is a better one to read then I will give that a go too!
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