Mark Billingham

First look: Love Like Blood by Mark Billingham

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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Domestic noir on Brum Radio...

By crimefictionlover

4 July, 2016

Brum Radio is an internet radio station set up in Birmingham that hosts its Books Show every Friday at 1pm. Once in a while they focus on crime novels, and Crime Fiction Lover has contributed a couple of segments looking at specific phenomena in the world of…

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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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It all drops on 5 May

By DavidPrestidge

28 April, 2016

On the Radar — 5 May is a big date on the publishing calendar, with a range of big releases landing and plenty of smaller ones too. We’ve already reviewed Distress Signals by Catherine Ryan Howard, Little Sister by David Hewson and In Too Deep…

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The best of Brit noir with Barry Forshaw

By crimefictionlover

6 March, 2016

With his new book Brit Noir : The Pocket Essential Guide to British Crime Fiction due out on 24 March, we invited crime fiction expert Barry Forshaw to pick his top 12 books in the British crime fiction category. So, it’s over to Barry… The best…

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Crime Scene magazine issue 3 is here!

By crimefictionlover

1 March, 2016

The third issue of Future Publishing’s glossy magazine devoted to crime fiction has landed. Weighing in at 132 pages and for £7.99 on the newsstand, Crime Scene features the BBC’s Peaky Blinders on the cover, a TV series starring Cillian Murphy as an Irish gangster…

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The Quiet Ones by Betsy Really

By Andre

20 February, 2016

As Mark Billingham pointed out in an insightful essay a few years ago, the key to genuine suspense is to be found in character rather than relying on twists and cliffhangers. That ability to make readers empathise with a protagonist is part of the craft…

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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…

Crime Fiction Lover

First look: Love Like Blood by Mark Billingham

Domestic noir on Brum Radio...

Die of Shame by Mark Billingham

It all drops on 5 May

The best of Brit noir with Barry Forshaw

Crime Scene magazine issue 3 is here!

The Quiet Ones by Betsy Really

Tom Rob Smith and Mark Billingham talk crime

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