The Demands

The Crime The customers in a London convenience store are taken captive. Among them is young mother, Detective Helen Weeks. She is told her life depends on the co-operation of one of her colleagues - detective Tom Thorne.

The Demand Akhtar is desperate to know what really happened to his beloved son, who died a year before in prison. He is convinced the death was not an accident and forces the one man who knows more about the case than any other, Thorne, to re-investigate.

The Twist What Thorne discovers will upend everything he thought he knew about the fate of those he's put away...but will it be enough to fulfill the wishes of a grieving and potentially violent father?

Author: Mark Billingham
Publisher: Mulholland Books
Published: 06/01/2012
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9780316126632

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/01/2012 pg. 64
Publishers Weekly 04/30/2012 pg. 114
Booklist 05/01/2012 pg. 29
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2012

About the Author
Mark Billingham worked as an actor, a TV writer, and a stand-up comedian before becoming one of the most critically acclaimed crime novelists in the world. He lives in North London with his wife and two children.