The Crime Writers’ Association

Margate Bookie – Mark Billingham

A body is found on Margate Sands…

Join Mark Billingham as he reads from his latest crime blockbuster Their Little Secret.

Mark’s first novel, Sleepyhead, was an instant bestseller in the UK. The series of crime novels featuring London-based detective Tom Thorne continued with Scaredy Cat and was followed by Lazybones, The Burning Girl, Lifeless, Buried, Death Message, Bloodline, From The Dead, Good As Dead, The Dying Hours, The Bones Beneath, Time Of Death, Love Like Blood and the most recent, The Killing Habit. Mark is also the author of the standalone novels In The Dark, Rush Of Blood and Die Of Shame.

An acclaimed television series based on the Thorne novels was screened on Sky One in Autumn 2010, starring David Morrissey as Tom Thorne. A series based on the novels In The Dark and Time Of Death was screened on BBC1 in 2017.

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Inspiration Special

A ticket for the Bookie Slam, Vanguard Readings and Happiness, Creativity and Writing – a tenner to you!

Saturday Ticket

A Sense of Place, Vanguard Readings, Postcards from the Past Podcast, a Love of Two Halves AND Louis de Bernieres . You’ve got the lot for twenty notes!

Sunday Ticket

Alison Weir, Elise Valmorbida and Vanessa King, Mark Billingham, Self Made Hero and a wee dram at One for the Road. Twenty quid!

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