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Ten Tips For Committing the Perfect Crime.
Our guest tutor this month, Mark Billingham, is one of the UK’s most acclaimed and popular crime writers. Members will be able to tune into an hour-long session with Mark on Monday 29th June at 6pm BST at The Novelry. He'll be answering our members' questions live. I don't doubt it will be thrilling... Those of you attending will want to purchase one or two of his many novels here in advance. I am reading and admiring the brilliant composition of Sleepyhead. More about Mark and his books here and at his website here.
His series of novels featuring DI Tom Thorne has twice won him the Crime Novel of the Year Award and his debut novel, Sleepyhead was chosen by the Sunday Times as one of the 100 books that had shaped the decade. His latest novel is Their Little Secret. A television series based on the Thorne novels starred David Morrissey as Tom Thorne and a series based on In The Dark and Time Of Death was broadcast on the BBC in 2017. Mark lives in...
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