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Violence
A lot
A shooting on a London bus; violence throughout the investigation
Language
Some
Some strong language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild content
Substance Use
Barely any
Heavy drinking
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The specific way that apparently random violence has roots that extend deep into the community around it; the investigation as an archaeology of what made this moment inevitable
What this book is about
A woman on a London bus is killed in a drive-by shooting apparently intended for someone else. The investigation that follows reveals that neither the intended victim nor the apparent randomness of the attack is what it seems. Mark Billingham's early standalone thriller (predating the Thorne series) is a London crime novel with a strong sense of the city's specific criminal geography and the way that violence that looks random almost never is.
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Mark Billingham standalone thriller
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