Rush of Blood (Paperback)

from tabascofromgudreads

I had a 12 hours flight yesterday, and read "Rush of blood" from beginning to end. I think with "Rush of blood" Billingham wanted to write a traditional "whoddunit" novel, with a modern twist. I got the impression that he wanted to recreate that type of classic crime story from several elements:1...

from pgchuis

I received a copy of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley. Three British couples find themselves holidaying at the same complex in Florida and socialize together during their stay. The day before they are all due to fly home, a teenage girl with special needs, who has been staying with her...

from herschelian

This might prove to be a rather chilling holiday read. It is the first book by Mark Billingham I have read and he is certainly a very competant author of mystery/crime fiction. The premise behind the book is that 3 British couples who don't know one another are all staying at a small holiday reso...

from Pet12

I still haven't read any of Mark Billingham's Tom Thorne books, but this is the second standalone novel that I've read following Die of Shame last year. In a similar fashion, Rush of Blood is about a small group of people, their dysfunctional relationships, their secrets, and enactments of preten...

from AnnieMod

Billingham tries again to write a not part of the Thorne series - and this time he is a bit more successful in making it an independent story (Thorne does show up for a second but it looks more like an attempt to put the story in the correct timeframe than anything else). Three British couples en...