Billingham does not delve as deeply into either Thorne's personal issues or those of the other policemen as he did in his last book the detective's dark brooding on the nature of death is replaced here by a healthier, less obsessive introspection. Another murder follows, this time of a pornographer whom the detectives link to the other dead men. While some of his fellow policemen feel that the victims deserved their fate, Thorne's commitment to justice remains unfailing. When a second recently released rapist is discovered in the same condition, Thorne believes he has a serial revenge killer on his hands. After the body of a strangled and sexually violated male is found in a seedy hotel room, Thorne quickly learns that the victim was a convicted rapist. ) featuring Detective Inspector Tom Thorne and his fellow officers of the London Metropolitan Police Service. Programs would do well to tune into this third in Billingham's series ( Scaredy Cat Fans of public television's various BBC Mystery
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