Buried

Luke Mullen, sixteen-year-old son of a former high-ranking police officer, has disappeared, presumed kidnapped. While no-one quite dares to voice the fear that he could also be presumed dead, Detective Inspector Tom Thorne is brought in to beef up the squad dedicated to locating the missing boy. The first thing the team looks for is anyone with a grudge against Luke's father, a man who has put a lot of tough villains away in his time. A list quickly emerges, but Thorne discovers that ex-DCI Tony Mullen has omitted the name of the most obvious suspect: a man who'd once threatened him and his family and who, after serving time for his original crime, is now the main suspect in a murder which has been unsolved for four years. Is this a simple oversight, understandable considering the trauma of his son's disappearance? Or is it something more telling? Aware that he hasn't the luxury of time, Thorne searches desperately for connections and leads, but learns that secrets are as... The Sixth Book In The Tom Thorne Series, From Bestselling Author Mark Billingham. A Missing Boy Teenager Luke Mullen Was Last Seen Getting Into A Car With An Older Woman. No One Can Understand Why He Has Disappeared. His Father - A Former Police Officer - Knows All Too Well That The Longer He Is Missing, The More Likely He Is To Turn Up Dead. A Terrifying Video Then Luke's Parents Receive An Anonymous Video. It Shows Their Son, Eyes Wide With Terror, As A Man Advances Towards Him Holding A Syringe. A Race Against Time Di Tom Thorne Recognises A Psychopath When He Sees One. And The Scene On The Tape Chills Him To The Bone - He Knows That A Child's Life Hangs In The Balance, And That Every Minute Counts... __________ Read What Everyone's Saying About The Heart-racing Tom Thorne Series: 'literary Superstar' Mail On Sunday 'ingenious' Guardian 'ground-breaking' Sunday Times 'mark Billingham Gets Better And Better' Michael Connelly 'a Cracking Read . . . I Couldn't Put It Down!' Shari Lapena 'a Damn Fine Storyteller' Karin Slaughter 'twisted And Twisty' Linwood Barclay 'one Of The Most Consistently Entertaining, Insightful Crime Writers Working Today' Gillian Flynn 'the Next Superstar Detective Is Already With Us. Don't Miss Him' Lee Child