Mark Billingham
Birmingham-born crime writer and stand-up comedian...
Mark Billingham was born and brought up in Birmingham. Having worked for some years as an actor and more recently as a TV writer and stand-up comedian his first crime novel was published in 2001. Sleepyhead was an instant bestseller in the UK. It has been sold widely throughout the world and was published in the USA in the summer of 2002.
Though still occasionally working as a stand-up comic, Mark now concentrates on writing the series of crime novels featuring London-based detective Tom Thorne. The second novel, Scaredy Cat was published in July 2002 and was followed by Lazybones and The Burning Girl and Lifeless. The newest Tom Thorne novel, Death Message, was published in August, 2007.
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Name: Mark Billingham
Date of birth: 1961
Place of birth: Birmingham
Current Home: London
Education: ?
Similar Authors: Peter Robinson, Ian Rankin, Stephen Booth
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Buried
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Luke Mullen, sixteen-year-old son of a former high-ranking police officer, has disappeared, presumed kidnapped. While no-one quite dares to voice the fear that he could also be presumed dead, Detective Inspector Tom Thorne is brought in to beef...
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Buried - Tom Thorne Novels 6 (Paperback)
| Format: | Paperback 528 pages |
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| Published: | 31/05/2007 |
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Luke Mullen, sixteen-year-old son of a former high-ranking police officer, has disappeared, presumed kidnapped. While no-one quite dares to voice... Read more
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Sleepyhead - Tom Thorne Novels 1 (Paperback)
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| Published: | 23/03/2002 |
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It's rare for a young woman to die from a stroke and when three such deaths occur in short order it starts to look like an epidemic. Then a... Read more
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Lazybones - Tom Thorne Novels 3 (Paperback)
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| Published: | 25/03/2004 |
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Someone - a woman or somebody pretending to be a woman - is writing to convicted rapists in prison, befriending them and then brutally killing them... Read more
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Lifeless - Tom Thorne Novels 5 (Paperback)
| Format: | Paperback 480 pages |
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| Published: | 01/05/2006 |
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To his friends, his foes and even to himself it looks as though Tom Thorne's career is on the skids. On his last case he had seriously... Read more
Scaredy Cat - Tom Thorne Novels 2 (Paperback)
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| Published: | 01/05/2003 |
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It was a vicious, calculated murder. The killer selected his victim at Euston station, followed her home on the tube, strangled her to death in... Read more
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The Burning Girl - Tom Thorne Novels (Paperback)
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| Published: | 13/05/2005 |
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Jessica Clarke had been set alight twenty years ago. Her attacker, quickly tracked down and eager to confess, was still in jail, his career as a... Read more
Scaredy Cat - Tom Thorne Novels 2 (Audio CD)
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| Published: | 08/05/2006 |
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It was a vicious, calculated murder. The killer selected his victim at Euston station, followed her home on the tube, and strangled her to death in... Read more
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The Burning Girl (Audio CD)
| Format: | Audio CD 1 pages |
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| Published: | 15/07/2004 |
| Publisher: | Time Warner AudioBooks |
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Jessica Clarke had been set alight twenty years ago. Her attacker, quickly tracked down and eager to confess, is still in jail, his career as a... Read more
Lifeless - Tom Thorne Novels 5 (Audio CD)
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| Published: | 23/05/2005 |
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To his friends, his foes and even to himself it looks as though Tom Thorne's career is on the skids. On his last case he had seriously... Read more
Buried - Tom Thorne Novels 6 (Audio CD)
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| Published: | 08/05/2006 |
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** INCLUDES AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR ** Luke Mullen, sixteen year old son of a former, high-ranking police officer has disappeared,... Read more
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Lazybones - Tom Thorne Novels (Audio CD)
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| Published: | 08/05/2006 |
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Someone - a woman, or somebody pretending to be a woman - is writing to convicted rapists in prison, befriending them and then brutally killing them... Read more
Death Message - Tom Thorne Novels 7 (Paperback)
| Format: | Paperback 496 pages |
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| Published: | 29/05/2008 |
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The first message sent to Tom Thorne's mobile phone was just a picture - the blurred image of a man's face, but Thorne had seen enough dead... Read more
