The case sees the heavily-pregnant detective thrown head first in the shady underworld of organised crime in Manchester. Can’t help wondering how the usually excellent Mark Billingham allowed this travesty of his book ever get to the screen – especially as he is credited with involvement in the series. That said, this was a pretty good read because there were lots of twists and turns, enough to keep the story moving. That's what it is for the first hundred pages of this book; just a lot of characters going around about their day, though you have no idea why they're doing what they're doing.

I was looking forward to reading this one, but it disappointed me to a point in which I'm probably never going to touch a book by Mark Billingham again. Brooks presents a case for making room for Bigfoot in the world while peppering his narrative with timely social criticism about bad behavior on the human side of the conflict: The explosion of Rainier might have been better forecast had the president not slashed the budget of the U. In the Dark episode 3 further plunges Helen into danger and continues to make us confront the rather odd dichotomy of a woman who is both a vulnerable, damaged and broken soul and yet a strong and unstoppable force of nature at the same time.

A SHOCKING TWIST In a city where teenage gangs clash with career criminals and where loyalty is paid for in blood, anything is possible. And now there’s a question mark over who the father of her unborn child is – something which looks like it will tear Helen and Paul apart.

If you are the publisher or author and feel that they do not properly reflect the range of media opinion now available, send us a message with the mainstream reviews that you would like to see added.I can't shake off the feeling that the plot would have worked perfectly well without Helen being pregnant.