The Wrong Hands
On sale
16th January 2025
Price: £9.99
Genre
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’
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Reviews
Electrifying . . . Throw in a delightfully madcap plot and breakneck pacing, and readers are left with a caper they won't soon forget
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
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
Get your hands on both novels to delight in quirky DS Miller
Billingham's underworld convinces in its brutality, grubbiness and greed, and it is impossible not to cheer for Miller
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
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
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
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
