Mark is at work on the next Tom Thorne novel called Blood Line and at work on the final book in a trilogy of thrillers for children - Triskellion - written under the pseudonym Will Peterson.

A SERIES OF KILLINGS Three men, sleeping rough on Londons mean streets. The newest novel, a standalone thriller called In The Dark is published in August 2008. The fifth book in the Tom Thorne series, from bestselling author Mark Billingham. The second novel, Scaredy Cat was published in July 2002 and was followed by Lazybones, The Burning Girl, Lifeless, Buried and Death Message. 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. It has been sold widely throughout the world and was published in the USA in the summer of 2002. Sleepyhead was an instant bestseller in the UK. 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. Mark Billingham was born and brought up in Birmingham. He is also a TV scriptwriter and has become a familiar face as an actor and stand-up comic. Detective Inspector Tom Thorne has returned to work in Lifeless, Mark Billinghams latest suspense-filled mystery, but Thorne has been placed on so-called. Mark Philip David Billingham (born 2 July 1961) is an English writer whose series of 'Tom Thorne' crime novels are considered bestsellers in that particular genre.

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