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When an old schoolyard crime resurfaces, former Chief Inspector Carol Chamberlain believes the truth lies hidden in the marks left by a violent gang. She enlists the help of Detective Inspector Tom Thorne to investigate a series of brutal murders in which each victim has an X gouged into the back. Thorne’s hunt draws him into the flames of an ongoing turf war, forcing him to piece together crimes separated by decades while racing against time to stop a copycat who revels in bloodshed. Every new discovery pushes the stakes higher as danger looms close to Thorne’s own doorstep.
First publish date: 2004
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Mark Billingham
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