Cry Baby

Written by Mark Billingham

Narrated by Mark Billingham and A Full Cast

Two boys run into the woods-but only one returns-in this new mystery from the award-winning "first-rate British crime writer" (The Washington Post).

In the summer of 1996, two boys run from a playground into the adjoining woods, but only one comes out. DS Tom Thorne takes on the case-which quickly spirals out of control when two people connected to the missing boy are murdered.

As London prepares to host the European Soccer Championships, Thorne fights to keep on top of a baffling investigation while also dealing with the ugly fallout of his broken marriage . . .

A prequel to Mark Billingham's acclaimed debut Sleepyhead-which the Sunday Times voted one of the 100 books that shaped the decade-this chilling, compelling novel is the latest in "a series to savor" (Booklist).

• Language: English
• Publisher: Highbridge Company
• Release date: Nov 17, 2020
• ISBN: 9781696601177

Mark Billingham

Mark Billingham is the author of nine novels, including Sleepyhead, Scaredy Cat, Lazybones, The Burning Girl, Lifeless, and Buried—all Times (London) bestsellers—as well as the stand-alone thriller In the Dark. For the creation of the Tom Thorne character, Billingham received the 2003 Sherlock Award for Best Detective created by a British writer, and he has twice won the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. He has previously worked as an actor and stand-up comedian on British television and still writes regularly for the BBC. He lives in London with his wife and two children.