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- Verlag: Little, Brown Book Group; Auflage: Abridged edition (23. Mai 2005)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1405500247
- ISBN-13: 978-1405500241
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 14,4 x 12,5 x 2,4 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (2 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.248.597 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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In Lifeless, Mark Billingham's Tom Thorne reaches something like the nadir of his police career, broken by the death--possibly the murder--of his demented father and shuffled off to a desk job of infinite tedium. When someone starts kicking the London homeless to death, he suggests going undercover, and those of his friends who care about him worry that he is looking for his own destruction as much as for the killer. Certainly Thorne finds compensations on the street for danger, cold, hunger and squalor--his friendship with two young addicts is nonetheless real for his deceit and their pragmatic ruthlessness. Yet the secret of the deaths he is investigating lies only partly in London's dark alleys and corners; it lies as well fourteen years in the past on the road to Baghdad... This is probably Billingham's best thriller yet--inventive and passionate and full of commitment and dark humour. In his vulnerability and shrewdness, Tom Thorne is gradually shaping up into a classic detective whose habit of breaking the rules is not so much a strength as part of a pattern of self-destructive behaviour. Billingham's writing gets better with each book, too--the rough tenderness for each other of Spike and Caz, Thorne's mildly deranged guides to the street, is delicate and moving. ---Roz Kaveney
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The fifth Tom Thorne mystery takes a timely turn in focusing on the aftermath of a wartime atrocity, even though Billingham began working on the book in the fall of 2003, "eight months before the publication of certain photographs . . and the scandal surrounding the treatment of Iraqi prisoners." Grim serendipity aside, Lifeless represents a return to form for the author after the mildly disappointing The Burning Girl (2005). Only a few months after his father's death in a suspicious fire, Thorne is living on the London streets. The detective inspector isn't actually homeless, but his career is in real jeopardy as he tracks a man who's kicking "rough sleepers" to death. While Thorne struggles through grief and departmental politics, he befriends a junkie and plumbs the depths of a life untethered. Back at the office, his Serious Crime Group colleagues seek the surviving members of a British tank squadron that murdered Iraqis during the first Gulf War. The gripping plot and a larger-than-normal role for Thorne's best mate, medical examiner Phil Hendricks, turn this procedural into a moody, brooding treat. Frank Sennett
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Vom Ansatz her eine absolut interessante Geschichte, aber die Umsetzung:
Mehrmals wollte ich das Buch aus der Hand legen und mußte mich richtiggehend zwingen, weiterzulesen. Das Buch ist mindestens 100 Seiten zu lang.
Unser Untercover-Cop ist ein 08/15 Stereotyp mit vielen privaten Problemen und Hang zum Alkohol. Die Kollegen sind auch recht schablonenhaft gezeichnet. Alles wie schon tausendmal gelesen.
Das Leben auf der Straße ist hingegen wirklich anschaulich und oft erschreckend geschildert.
Vieles ist unlogisch: Wieso kommen die Cops nicht selbst darauf, daß die "merkwürdige" Tätowierung, die mehrere Opfer aufweisen, vom Militär stammen könnte? Mittlerweile gibt es so viele Möglichkeiten zu recherchieren - und dazu war und ist ja England in mehreren Kriegen aktiv.
Ich hoffte immer wieder auf überraschende Wendungen und ein originelles, unerwartes Ende - aber: die Auflösung war genauso 08/15 und unspektakulär wie der ganze Thriller, dazu war eigentlich ab Mitte des Buchs relativ klar, wer der Täter sein mußte.
Fazit: Nette Unterhaltung, kann man lesen, muß aber nicht.
Mehrmals wollte ich das Buch aus der Hand legen und mußte mich richtiggehend zwingen, weiterzulesen. Das Buch ist mindestens 100 Seiten zu lang.
Unser Untercover-Cop ist ein 08/15 Stereotyp mit vielen privaten Problemen und Hang zum Alkohol. Die Kollegen sind auch recht schablonenhaft gezeichnet. Alles wie schon tausendmal gelesen.
Das Leben auf der Straße ist hingegen wirklich anschaulich und oft erschreckend geschildert.
Vieles ist unlogisch: Wieso kommen die Cops nicht selbst darauf, daß die "merkwürdige" Tätowierung, die mehrere Opfer aufweisen, vom Militär stammen könnte? Mittlerweile gibt es so viele Möglichkeiten zu recherchieren - und dazu war und ist ja England in mehreren Kriegen aktiv.
Ich hoffte immer wieder auf überraschende Wendungen und ein originelles, unerwartes Ende - aber: die Auflösung war genauso 08/15 und unspektakulär wie der ganze Thriller, dazu war eigentlich ab Mitte des Buchs relativ klar, wer der Täter sein mußte.
Fazit: Nette Unterhaltung, kann man lesen, muß aber nicht.
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Admittedly, the copper with psychological problems is a bit of a stereotype. However in this case it really works. Thorne is on "gardening leave" because he is psychologically unstable and in this very situation he goes undercover amongst the homeless of London. So part of the suspense is whether Thorne will actually be able to get out of it again or whether he'll just go with the flow. The whole scene of drug addicts and down and outs is described in stark realism but never in simple black and white terms. At the end of the day the story is quite original. A good read, hard to put down.
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Disappointing
11. Mai 2008
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Not as good as his first three novels featuring DI Tom Thorne; Sleepy Head, Scaredy Cat and Lazybones. Although the potential was there with the very believable Gulf War storyline it never quite hit the spot. Yes there were murders but really it could have just been an account of what it's like to live on the streets of London - which I have to add, was sensitively and well conveyed.
DI Thorne, who is such a likeable maverick, really holds the story together, liasing between the homeless world and the police. Even so, I still found my attention wandering and needed to re-read paragraphs. It wouldn't put me off reading another of Billinghams books though because I know he's capable of better stuff.
DI Thorne, who is such a likeable maverick, really holds the story together, liasing between the homeless world and the police. Even so, I still found my attention wandering and needed to re-read paragraphs. It wouldn't put me off reading another of Billinghams books though because I know he's capable of better stuff.
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Great Stuff
9. November 2007
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Mark Billingham was born and brought up in Birmingham. Having worked for some years as an actor and more recently as a TV writer and stand-up comedian his first crime novel was published in 2001.
Though still occasionally working as a stand-up comic, Mark now concentrates on writing the series of crime novels featuring London-based detective Tom Thorne. Mark lives in North London with his wife and two children.
For any new readers who have not read any of Mark Billingham's Tom Thorne books, you are missing a real treat. Start reading them now, I am sure you will not be disappointed.
It would seem, even those who know him best, that Thorne's career has reached it's peak and is now on the long steep slide to disaster. He has always flirted with trouble with his superiors but on his last case he overstepped the mark and someone up in that ivory tower has suggested he take a break to take stock of both himself and his career.
Someone appears to be making a target of London's homeless, so with time on his hands Thorne decides to go undercover amongst them, after all if things carry on the way they are, he may be one of them shortly.
Thorne soon finds out that these are no random killings, they are being perpetrated by someone with a very specific purpose. Then all of a sudden it becomes common knowledge that a copper is working amongst them, not good news for Thorne . . .
Though still occasionally working as a stand-up comic, Mark now concentrates on writing the series of crime novels featuring London-based detective Tom Thorne. Mark lives in North London with his wife and two children.
For any new readers who have not read any of Mark Billingham's Tom Thorne books, you are missing a real treat. Start reading them now, I am sure you will not be disappointed.
It would seem, even those who know him best, that Thorne's career has reached it's peak and is now on the long steep slide to disaster. He has always flirted with trouble with his superiors but on his last case he overstepped the mark and someone up in that ivory tower has suggested he take a break to take stock of both himself and his career.
Someone appears to be making a target of London's homeless, so with time on his hands Thorne decides to go undercover amongst them, after all if things carry on the way they are, he may be one of them shortly.
Thorne soon finds out that these are no random killings, they are being perpetrated by someone with a very specific purpose. Then all of a sudden it becomes common knowledge that a copper is working amongst them, not good news for Thorne . . .
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Dark humor by a master storyteller
25. September 2007
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Fans of the various BBC Mystery programs will find much to interest them in Billingham's series featuring Detective Inspector (DI) Tom Thorne and the other officers of the London Metropolitan Police Service.
The recent death of DI Thorne's father, combined with publicly overstepping the bounds on his last case, has made him persona non grata around the station house and he's been asked to take "gardening leave."
Unable to sit on his hands and do nothing, DI Thorne requests a job deep undercover posing as a member of the homeless community in order to catch a serial killer. The bodies of three men have been discovered with a banknote pinned to their chests--each one kicked to death. Are these random killings? Or have these men been targeted? The homeless feel ignored by society on a good day, now they have much more to fear than unkind looks and cold shoulders.
DI Thorne must walk a fine line to avoid total integration. He is a man in crisis and the smallest nudge could push him over the edge into really becoming what he is only pretending.
Not just a crime novel, Lifeless is also a look inside a community with its own rules and moral codes. The homeless community is given a voice and a presence in this story, its characters are very real and their stories are heart wrenching.
Armchair Interviews says: With skilled use of dark humor and gut-wrenching tension, Billingham confirms his place as a master storyteller.
The recent death of DI Thorne's father, combined with publicly overstepping the bounds on his last case, has made him persona non grata around the station house and he's been asked to take "gardening leave."
Unable to sit on his hands and do nothing, DI Thorne requests a job deep undercover posing as a member of the homeless community in order to catch a serial killer. The bodies of three men have been discovered with a banknote pinned to their chests--each one kicked to death. Are these random killings? Or have these men been targeted? The homeless feel ignored by society on a good day, now they have much more to fear than unkind looks and cold shoulders.
DI Thorne must walk a fine line to avoid total integration. He is a man in crisis and the smallest nudge could push him over the edge into really becoming what he is only pretending.
Not just a crime novel, Lifeless is also a look inside a community with its own rules and moral codes. The homeless community is given a voice and a presence in this story, its characters are very real and their stories are heart wrenching.
Armchair Interviews says: With skilled use of dark humor and gut-wrenching tension, Billingham confirms his place as a master storyteller.
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