Lazybones

by Mark Billingham

  Madison Capital Times (WI)

  “Mark Billingham writes some of the scariest crime books around. His third, Lazybones, confirms his ability to mix first-rate plots with grim psychological tensions that cannot fail to unsettle.”

  The Times of London

  “A remarkable combination of police procedural and psychological thriller…The addition of solid and realistic police investigation by a very human detective serves to balance the horribly unreal.”

  Library Journal

  “Engrossing…Compelling characters, along with Billingham’s gift for coupling canny observations with effective plot misdirection, mark this series for long-term success.”

  Booklist (*Starred Review*)

  Books by Mark Billingham

  THE BURNING GIRL

  LAZYBONES

  SCAREDY CAT

  SLEEPYHEAD

  Copyright

  This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

  LAZYBONES. Copyright © 2003 by Mark Billingham. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

  EPub Edition © FEBRUARY 2008 ISBN: 9780061862939

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