In The Dark: The most gripping thriller you'll read this year

Mark Billingham

Sep 2008 · Hachette UK

About this ebook

'A stunning novel . . . The final twist is brilliantly clever and shocking' The Times

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A rainy night in London. Shots are fired into a car which swerves on to the pavement, ploughing into a bus stop. It seems that a chilling gang initiation has cost an innocent victim their life. But the reality is far more sinister...

One life is wiped out and three more are changed forever: the young man whose finger was on the trigger; an ageing gangster planning a deadly revenge, and the pregnant woman who struggles desperately to uncover the truth. Two weeks away from giving birth, how will she deal with a world where death is an occupational hazard?

In a city where violence can be random or meticulously planned, where teenage gangs clash with career criminals and where loyalty is paid for in blood, anything is possible. Secrets are uncovered as fast as bodies, and the story's final twist is as breathtakingly surprising as they come.
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What real readers say about In the Dark

'I was gripped from the first few pages. Intrigue, twists, turns and an ending that left me enthralled' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'An absolute must if you like crime fiction!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'Kept me guessing right until the reveal... Another great read from Mark Billingham who never lets me down' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'Kept me turning the pages wanting desperately to get to the end but also not wanting the book to finish' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'Cracking good read, twists and unexpected turns galore' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Ratings and reviews

Really hooked from start to finish. A great read.

twist and turns fantastic read

great read

About the author

Mark Billingham has twice won the Theakston's Old Peculier Award for Crime Novel of the Year, and has also won a Sherlock Award for the Best Detective created by a British writer. Each of the novels featuring Detective Inspector Tom Thorne has been a Sunday Times bestseller. Sleepyhead and Scaredy Cat were made into a hit TV series on Sky 1 starring David Morrissey as Thorne, and a series based on the novels In the Dark and Time of Death was broadcast on BBC1. Mark lives in north London with his wife and two children.