With many thanks to Netgalley for this free arc and I am leaving this unbiased review voluntarily

It is no secret that I worship the ground Mark Billingham and Tom Thorne walk on so beyond excited to receive this arc and the fact that my man is back - and oh boy is he back! The author takes a real life Met Police problem and turns it into an absolutely gripping read that is totally authentic. Flawlessly written with brilliant dialogue and a relentless pace. The twist in this is immense and left me shell-shocked. Mark Billingham is still the number one author when it comes to police procedurals and after 20 odd years of DI Thorne, is still at the top of his game. A million stars for this one

Mark Billingham and Tom Thorne seem to me a marriage made in heaven. Each novel reminds me of this team of characters and how well we have got to know their pasts and how they bond. Somehow those connections seemed even more pronounced (or well captured) in this episode.

We are presented with a gnarly plot of cop killers, bad apples in the Met, rapists and unsafe convictions. A veritable Pandoras Box of plots, subplots and the close and personal.

I have enjoyed all the Tom Thorne books to date but somehow this achieved an almost mercurial intrigue matched by its brilliant pacing. Loved it.

With thanks to #NetGalley and #littlebrowngroup_uk for the opportunity to read and review

It's been a while since we've seen Tom Thorne.

The police are under attack. Nothing new there.

But this time it's targeted. Four officers are dead.

Is this payback???

Brilliant

This is another brilliant book in the Tom Thorne series. It's great to be back with Tom and his colleagues, especially Phil and Nicola. Their friendship is expressed by sarcasm and insults and their conversations really make me laugh. There were also parts of the book that moved me to tears. This, for me, is what makes these books so good.
At work,Tom is his usual self, unable to resist winding up his superiors.
In this book, the team are looking for a vigilante killer who is targeting police officers, and they suspect the killer is being helped with inside information. The culprit is soon identified but tracking him down is harder.
I read this in one day, and could hardly put it down. Highly recommended.

In the 19th Tom Thorne book, our detective shows no signs of flagging, even with a trying case. Four police officers have been murdered, and rather than the exception, they’re the rule – as someone is intent of meting out vengeance against law and order. Is it the work of someone with a bone to pick, or to measure out a permanent form of revenge for unspeakable acts? As Thorne and his partner Nicola Tanner dig deep, what they discover is far from palatable. It becomes clear that there’s few you can trust… I haven’t read all of the Thorne books, but there are similarities to Mark’s other character, Declan Miller, and both are series that will draw you in and keep you there.