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The Wrong Hands by Mark Billingham

25 June, 2024

Last year Mark Billingham introduced us to the unpredictable Detective Sergeant Declan Miller in The Last Dance, a book that takes a different tone to the author’s Thorne novels. The Wrong Hands continues Declan’s story along with the mix of genres seen in the first…

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The Last Dance by Mark Billingham

By Sharon Richardson

20 July, 2023

Author Mark Billingham has been involved in many creative endeavors over the years. In his early days, he worked as an actor and as a stand-up comedian. These days he is known primarily for his successful DI Tom Thorne series along with standalones like Rabbit…

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First look: Love Like Blood by Mark Billingham

By crimefictionlover

1 March, 2017

We had to bring you this the instant we got hold of it. English author Mark Billingham has been through a great deal with his famed detective DI Tom Thorne, but never before have they tackled the gut-wrenching topic of honour killing. Above, you can…

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Die of Shame by Mark Billingham

By DavidPrestidge

29 April, 2016

Mark Billingham is celebrated for his long-running police procedural series featuring the London detective Tom Thorne. Like all good writers, however, he has shown he can produce standalones too, such as Rush of Blood, which came out in 2012. Die of Shame is still set…

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Tom Rob Smith and Mark Billingham talk crime

By crimefictionlover

17 November, 2015

HarperCollins and the team at Killer Reads have shared a couple of videos featuring crime authors Tim Rob Smith and Mark Billingham being interviewed on their work by fellow crime writer Simon Toyne. In the first clip, below, Tim Rob Smith – author of Child 44…

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Time of Death by Mark Billingham

By DavidPrestidge

17 April, 2015

Crime fiction’s grumpiest copper is back. DI Tom Thorne has recovered from his ordeal on the remote island of Bardsey (read our review of The Bones Beneath) and is enjoying some long overdue family time. With his partner, fellow officer Helen Weeks, he’s trying to…

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The Bones Beneath by Mark Billingham

By DavidPrestidge

17 May, 2014

In Tom Thorne’s last outing, The Dying Hours, having been busted down to uniform for one too many indiscretions, our hero ends up hospitalised with a bullet wound. His boss says, “I’ve got good news and bad news….” Not far into The Bones Beneath we…

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Interview: Mark Billingham talks about World Book Night

By crimefictionlover

19 April, 2012

Mark Billingham, the creator of the Thorne character appearing in Sky’s detective series, is a great crime fiction writer. His fans eagerly await each new release. Not only that but he was one of the first authors to send us a new book when we…

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The Wrong Hands by Mark Billingham

The Last Dance by Mark Billingham

First look: Love Like Blood by Mark Billingham

Die of Shame by Mark Billingham

Tom Rob Smith and Mark Billingham talk crime

Time of Death by Mark Billingham

The Bones Beneath by Mark Billingham

Interview: Mark Billingham talks about World Book Night

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