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Mark Billingham


UK flag (b.1961)

aka Will Peterson

Mark Billingham is one of the UK's most acclaimed and popular crime writers. A former actor, television writer and stand-up comedian, his series of novels featuring D.I. Tom Thorne has twice won him the Crime Novel Of The Year Award as well as the Sherlock Award for Best British Detective and been nominated for seven CWA Daggers. His standalone thriller In the Dark was chosen as one of the twelve best books of the year by the Times and his debut novel, Sleepy Head was chosen by the Sunday Times as one of the 100 books that had shaped the decade. Each of his novels has been a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller.
 

Awards: CWA (2022), Theakston (2020)  see all

Genres: Mystery, Children's Fiction
 
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Series
Tom Thorne
   1. Sleepyhead (2001)
   2. Scaredy Cat (2002)
   3. Lazybones (2003)
   4. The Burning Girl (2004)
   5. Lifeless (2005)
   6. Buried (2006)
   7. Death Message (2007)
   8. Bloodline (2009)
   9. From the Dead (2010)
   10. Good as Dead (2011)

     aka The Demands

   11. The Dying Hours (2013)
   Thorne at Christmas (2013)
   12. The Bones Beneath (2014)
   13. Time of Death (2015)
   14. Love Like Blood (2017)
   15. The Killing Habit (2018)
   16. Their Little Secret (2019)
   17. Cry Baby (2020)
   18. The Murder Book (2022)
   19. What the Night Brings (2025)
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Detective Miller
   1. The Last Dance (2023)
   2. The Wrong Hands (2024)
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Novels
   Knight School (1998) (with Peter Cocks)
   In the Dark (2008)
   Rush of Blood (2012)
   Inherit the Dead (2013) (with others)
   Die of Shame (2016)
   Rabbit Hole (2021)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
   The Other Half (2015) (with My Darling Clementine)
   Stroke of Luck (2015)
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Series contributed to
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Non fiction show
 
Books containing stories by Mark Billingham
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Murder in Harrogate (2024)
Stories inspired by the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival
edited by
Vaseem Khan
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Murder on a Winter's Night (2021)
Ten Classic Crime Stories for Christmas
(Vintage Murders, book 5)
edited by
Cecily Gayford

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Awards
2022 CWA Dagger in the Library
2020 Theakston Old Peculier Outstanding Contribution Award
2009 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year : Death Message
2005 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year : Lazybones

Award nominations
2024 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : The Last Dance
2024 CrimeFest: Last Laugh Award (nominee) : The Last Dance
2023 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : The Murder Book
2022 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : Rabbit Hole
2021 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : Cry Baby
2019 CWA Dagger in the Library (shortlist)
2017 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : Die of Shame
2016 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : Time of Death
2015 CWA Dagger in the Library (shortlist)
2014 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : The Dying Hours
2013 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : Rush of Blood
2010 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : In the Dark
2009 CrimeFest: Sounds of Crime Award (nominee) : In the Dark
2009 CWA Gold Dagger (shortlist) : In the Dark
2008 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : Buried
2006 Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel (nominee) : Lifeless
2006 BCA Crime Thriller of the Year (nominee) : Lifeless
2005 CWA Dagger in the Library (shortlist)
2005 Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel (nominee) : The Burning Girl
2004 CWA Dagger in the Library (shortlist)
2004 Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel (nominee) : Lazybones
2003 Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel (nominee) : Scaredy Cat
2002 CWA Gold Dagger (shortlist) : Scaredy Cat


Mark Billingham recommends
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Blood Like Mine (2024)
Stuart Neville
"Blood Like Mine is Stuart Neville at his considerable best. A shocking and powerful thriller that is as moving as it is gripping. This is a book you will not forget in a hurry and which will leave you hungry for the next instalment."
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The Cracked Mirror (2024)
Chris Brookmyre
"The Cracked Mirror is like no other thriller I've ever read. It blows the crime genre to pieces and then puts it back together again in the most astonishing way possible. Give it all the awards now because this is the most original crime novel of the year."
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Trust in Me (2023)
Luca Veste
"Gives Linwood Barclay and Harlan Coben a run for their money."

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