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DI Tom Thorne shouldn't have been investigating the case at all, but there was something about the suicide that unsettled him, beginning with the way that the body bag sagged when they lifted it off the tube tracks and he began to look for the man he knew only as Patrick Jenkins. Other cases might have pushed this one into the background, but Jenkins' DNA turned up at a murder scene and Tom Thorne and Nicola Tanner were charged with investigating the case.
My first choice in reading matter is always a police procedural and I have certain series which I look out for. [[:Category:Ian Rankin|Ian Rankin]] used to be one of them, but Rebus has gone off the boil for me. [[:Category:Val McDermid|Val McDermid]] has not and I devour whatever she writes. New favourites are [[:Category:Jane Casey|Jane Casey]] and Robert Galbraith. Some authors have stood the test of time and one of those is [[:Category:Mark Billingham|Mark Billingham]], so there was no hesitation when ''Their Little Secret'' landed on my desk - in fact I had to struggle not to put down the book I was reading and start on this one.
Characterisation is brilliant. Thorne and Tanner make a splendid combination: both are struggling with the loss of a relationship - albeit in different circumstances. For me, one of the great things about this series is that the personal lives of Thorne and Tanner are simply background: it influences how they are, but not what happens. Each book in the series that I've read could be read as a standalone: you might know what happens next to Thorne or Tanner, but it won't spoil your enjoyment of the book.
