From the Dead ( Tom Thorne #9 )

It has been a decade since Alan Langford’s charred remains were discovered in his burnt-out car. His wife Donna was found guilty of conspiracy to murder her husband and served ten years in prison.But just before she is released, Donna receives a nasty shock: an anonymous letter containing a photo of her husband. The man she hates with every fibre of her being – the man she paid to have murdered – seems very much alive and wellHow is it possible that her husband is still alive? Where is he? Who sent the photo, and why?DI Tom Thorne becomes involved in a case where nothing and no one are what they seem. It will take him much further from his London beat than he has ever been before – and closer to a killer who will do anything to protect his new life. When Donna Langford Receives A Very Recent Photo Of Her Ex-husband In The Post, She Gets The Shock Of Her Life. Because She's Just Spent Ten Years In Prison For Organising His Murder. When Her Daughter Goes Missing, Donna Believes There Can Only Be One Man Responsible And Hires Anna Carpenter, A Determined Young Private Investigator, To Find Him. Di Tom Thorne Worked On The Alan Langford Case, So When Carpenter Brings The Photo To Him, He Refuses To Believe That The Man Whose Body Was Found In A Burned-out Car Ten Years Before Can Still Be Alive. But When A Prison Inmate That He And Anna Interview Is Viciously Murdered, Thorne Starts To Understand That Langford Is Not Only Alive, But Ready To Get Rid Of Anyone Who Could Threaten His Comfortable New Life In Spain...