***THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER******THE TIMES CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR***________________________My name is Alice. I'm a police officer. I'm trying to solve a murder on a psychiatric ward.

But I'm also a patient... They were meant to be safe on Fleet Ward: psychiatric patients monitored, treated, cared for. But now one of their number is found murdered, and the accusations begin to fly.

Was it one of his fellow patients? A member of staff? Or did someone come in from the outside?DC Alice Armitage is methodical, tireless, and she's quickly on the trail of the killer. The only problem is, Alice is a patient too. ________________________'Fast-paced and twisting'Paula Hawkins'At the very least it should reach the shortlist of this year's Booker prize'The Times'A deeply compelling read'Harriet Tyce'The most cunning, complex, claustrophobic mystery'Louise Candlish'Immense skill and heart'Eve Chase'Brilliant, suspenseful, poignant, heartbreaking, surprisingly funny'Linwood Barclay'One of the most consistently entertaining, insightful crime writers working today'Gillian Flynn'A world-class crime writer'Karin Slaughter'Mark Billingham is a master of psychology'Ian Rankin'Billingham is always a must read'Harlan Coben

Product Details

Format: Paperback | 464 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10 ? : ? 0751577286
ISBN-13 ? : ? 9780751577280
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Publication date: 20 Jan 2022
Category: Fiction
Dimensions: (WxH): 5.11 x 7.71 inches
Weight: 320 g
Author: Mark Billingham

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mark Billingham has twice won the Theakston's Old Peculier Award for Crime Novel of the Year, and has also won a Sherlock Award for the Best Detective created by a British writer. Each of the novels featuring Detective Inspector Tom Thorne has been a Sunday Times bestseller. Sleepyhead and Scaredy Cat were made into a hit TV series on Sky 1 starring David Morrissey as Thorne, and a series based on the novels In the Dark and Time of Death was broadcast on BBC1. Mark lives in north London with his wife and two children.

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