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
New and upcoming books
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
In the Dark (2008)
Rush of Blood (2012)
Inherit the Dead (2013) (with others)
Die of Shame (2016)
Rabbit Hole (2021)
Collections
Novellas and Short Stories
Series contributed to
Non fiction show
Books containing stories by Mark Billingham
Murder in Harrogate (2024)
Stories inspired by the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival
edited by
Vaseem Khan
Murder on a Winter's Night (2021)
Ten Classic Crime Stories for Christmas
(Vintage Murders, book 5)
edited by
Cecily Gayford
More books
Awards
|
Award nominations
Mark Billingham recommends
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."
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."
More recommendations
Visitors also looked at these authors