A literary superstar
Daily Mail
A gripping, unsensational take.
Sunday Times
Delicately handled, with a perfectly executed and thoroughly unnerving twist.
The Guardian
One of the great series of British crime fiction continues.
The Times
One of DI Tome Thorne’s most harrowing cases. The unusual premise will
hook you.
Kirkus Reviews
One of his most powerful crime novels.
Daily Mail
Shows why Billingham stands at the forefront of British crime authors.
Publishers Weekly
Thorne and Tanner’s intertwining investigation of what are two unconnected sets of killings is enthralling. Characterisation vivid, plotting outstanding.
Adelaide Review
A rich cast of characters and tense situations leading to a terrifying final encounter.
Financial Times
Thorne is one of British crime fiction’s most compelling detectives and the quality of writing make Mark Billingham one of the best and most consistent writers in the business.
Crime Time
The Killing Habit scoots along with great speed, spins out the intrigue and spits the exhilarated reader out at the end, shocked when things go the way that they do. If you are after a series that constant delivers engaging and tightly written crime fiction, you can’t go wrong with these bestselling UK police procedurals. The Killing Habit is a harrowing novel about cruelty, deflection and confronting the dangers that are all around us, unaddressed.
AustCrime
A thrilling read. Not for the faint-hearted.
The Sun