TY - BOOK AU - Billingham,Mark TI - The killing habit T2 - DI Tom Thorne series SN - 9780751566956 (paperback) U1 - 823.92 23 PY - 2018/// CY - London PB - Sphere KW - Thorne, Tom KW - Police KW - England KW - London KW - Fiction KW - Serial murderers KW - Psychology KW - Pets KW - Death KW - Detective and mystery fiction KW - lcgft N1 - "Every killer starts somewhere" -- Cover N2 - How do you catch a killer who is yet to kill? We all know the signs. Cruelty, lack of empathy, the killing of animals. Now, pets on suburban London streets are being stalked by a shadow, and it could just be the start. DI Tom Thorne knows the psychological profile of such offenders all too well, so when he is tasked with catching a notorious killer of domestic cats, he sees the chance to stop a series of homicides before they happen. Others are less convinced, so once more, Thorne relies on DI Nicola Tanner to help him solve the case, before the culprit starts hunting people. It's a journey that brings them face to face with a killer who will tear their lives apart ER -