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The Wrong Hands

May 13, 2025 | Trade paperback
ISBN: 9781408726389
$19.99
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Description

'This is one case Miller won't want to open . . .
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'I'm excited to have found a new favourite detective' CLAIRE DOUGLAS

'Neat plot twists and a likable cast of offbeat characters, all served up with plenty of black humour' MAIL ON SUNDAY

'Simply fantastic' LISA JEWELL

Unconventional Detective Declan Miller has a problem. Still desperate to solve the murder of his wife, a young man has just appeared on his doorstep with a briefcase . . . containing a pair of severed hands.

Miller knows this case is proof of a contract killing commissioned by local ne'er do well Wayne Cutler - a man he suspects might also be responsible for his wife's death. Now Miller has leverage, but unfortunately he also has something that both Cutler and a villainous fast-food kingpin are desperate to get hold of.

Chuck in a Midsomer Murders-obsessed hitman, a psychotic welder and a woman driven over the edge by a wayward Crème Egg, and Miller is in a mess that even he might not be able to dance his way out of.
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READER REVIEWS FOR THE WRONG HANDS

'Brilliant . . . Highly entertaining and a complete change from Tom Thorne, who I have enjoyed for years'

'The characters, structure and storytelling remain as strong as ever. An excellent, enjoyable read'

'A very good plot with plenty of humour'

'What a cracker'

'I love everything about Miller, and can't recommend The Wrong Hands highly enough'

'I really enjoyed The Last Dance, but this one was even better. DS Miller is such a brilliant character'

'Hilarious . . . The Detective Miller books are a breath of fresh air'

About this Author

Mark Billingham has twice won the Theakston's Old Peculier Award for Crime Novel of the Year, and has also won a Sherlock Award for the Best Detective created by a British writer. Each of the novels featuring Detective Inspector Tom Thorne has been a Sunday Times bestseller. Sleepyhead and Scaredy Cat were made into a hit TV series on Sky 1 starring David Morrissey as Thorne, and a series based on the novels In the Dark and Time of Death was broadcast on BBC1. Mark lives in north London with his wife and two children.

ISBN: 9781408726389
Format: Trade paperback
Pages: 400
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Published: 2025-05-13

Reviews

Mark Billingham does edge-of-your-seat tension, wit and heart like no one else. The Wrong Hands has all that and more - it's simply fantastic--Lisa Jewell

Mark Billingham does edge-of-your-seat tension, wit and heart like no one else. The Wrong Hands has all that and more - it's simply fantastic--Lisa Jewell

I adored everything about The Wrong Hands! Darkly funny with colourful characters and a clever, twisty plot that had me laughing out loud one minute and emotional the next. I love Mark Billingham's writing and I'm excited to have found a new favourite detective in the ballroom dancing, rat-loving DS Miller--Claire Douglas

I adored everything about The Wrong Hands! Darkly funny with colourful characters and a clever, twisty plot that had me laughing out loud one minute and emotional the next. I love Mark Billingham's writing and I'm excited to have found a new favourite detective in the ballroom dancing, rat-loving DS Miller--Claire Douglas

There is a laugh on every page yet it is the depiction of Miller's furious grief that is most impressive and provides a heartbreaking finale--The Times

There is a laugh on every page yet it is the depiction of Miller's furious grief that is most impressive and provides a heartbreaking finale--The Times

The second instalment of a fine, funny new series

The second instalment of a fine, funny new series

Neat plot twists and a likable cast of offbeat characters, all served up with plenty of black humour--Mail on Sunday

Neat plot twists and a likable cast of offbeat characters, all served up with plenty of black humour--Mail on Sunday

Billingham's underworld convinces in its brutality, grubbiness and greed, and it is impossible not to cheer for Miller--Literary Review

Billingham's underworld convinces in its brutality, grubbiness and greed, and it is impossible not to cheer for Miller--Literary Review

Electrifying . . . Throw in a delightfully madcap plot and breakneck pacing, and readers are left with a caper they won't soon forget--Publishers Weekly

Electrifying . . . Throw in a delightfully madcap plot and breakneck pacing, and readers are left with a caper they won't soon forget--Publishers Weekly

Smart, decisive and funny as heck. Fabulously original, The Wrong Hands now joins its older sister as a star book . . . Gift-wrapped in Mark Billingham's fabulous style, The Wrong Hands plays a blinder--LoveReading

Smart, decisive and funny as heck. Fabulously original, The Wrong Hands now joins its older sister as a star book . . . Gift-wrapped in Mark Billingham's fabulous style, The Wrong Hands plays a blinder--LoveReading

Get your hands on both novels to delight in quirky DS Miller--Sunday Times (South Africa)

Get your hands on both novels to delight in quirky DS Miller--Sunday Times (South Africa)

It would be worth your time and money getting your hands on both novels [The Last Dance and The Wrong Hands] to delight in quirky DS Miller--Sunday Times South Africa

It would be worth your time and money getting your hands on both novels [The Last Dance and The Wrong Hands] to delight in quirky DS Miller--Sunday Times South Africa

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