Cry Baby

I've been a fan of the Tom Thorne series since I first read Sleepy Head twenty years ago, and my love for it hasn't diminished over the ensuing years.
Cry Baby is a prequel to Sleepy Head,. We learn how Thorne came to meet Phil Hendricks for the first time, and how their friendship was cemented.
Here's to many more years of Tom Thorne.

Perhaps the best Tom Thorne novel for a number of years. Set in 1996 the time is evoked with Mark Billingham's usual humour and detail.

A young boy goes missing, the search for him takes in some literal dead ends before a satisfying ending which isn't signposted earlier. Tom Thorne's nascent career and the early appearance of names and faces familiar from the other novels make it a great read for Thorne fans and those new to the series

This was my first time reading a book by Mark and I can't say that it will be the last!

I read this book on Pigeonhole and whilst some of my fellow Pigeonholers managed to figure out who had kidnapped Kieron I couldn't decide! At each turn of the page, I jumped from one character to the next!

I loved Tom, Hendricks and Paula, but really disliked Dean, Angie, and Boyle (another character in a recently read book that I really wanted to give a slap to!).

The book also made a good point of showing why it's never good to assume the guilt of a suspect without all the facts and the role the media can play in this! There was a classic case of why you should never judge a book by its cover!

Thank you to Mark and Pigeonhole for the chance to read this book.