Book World: A thriller, 'From the Dead,' by Mark Billingham

Mark Billingham is A first-rate British crime writer who is too little known in this country, although his books have been bestsellers, won prizes and been made into a television series over there. "From the Dead," the ninth of his 12 novels about London-based Detective Inspector Tom Thorne, was published in England in 2010 but is only now reaching these shores. It arrives bearing praise from outstanding American crime novelists -- George Pelecanos, Michael Connelly, Karin Slaughter, Laura Lippm...