But the word on the streets is that the killer is a cop. In a harsh and harrowing netherworld, with its own rules and moral code, Thorne discovers the horrifying link between the homeless victims and the perpetrators of a fifteen-year-old atrocity. It fits: he looks the part - and feels it as well. Not as a policemen on the beat but as one of life's rejects. Thorne is perfectly placed to find out, and is seconded to the streets. Were these men just random alcoholics, junkies and jetsam? Or where they targeted for a reason? Three men, sleeping rough on the streets paved with anything but gold, have been murdered - each victim kicked to death and found with a 20 pound note pinned to his chest. For an ambitious detective - especially one without as much as a window box - it's a fairly dire situation.īut not as dire as the situation for London's homeless. Depressed by the recent loss of his father and berated for seriously overstepping the mark on his last case, he's been encouraged to take 'gardening' leave. To friends and enemies alike, it looks as though Tom Thorne's career is on the skids. Available: August 2005 Lifeless product reviews No fee was accepted by KIWIreviews or the reviewers themselves - these are genuine, unpaid consumer reviews. Disclosure Statement FULL DISCLOSURE: A number of units of this product have, at some time, been supplied to KIWIreviews by Penguin Random House or their agents for the purposes of unbiased, independent reviews.

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