· With Love Like Blood , a #5 Sunday Times bestseller in the UK, Billingham brought back his hit series character DI Tom Thorne to great acclaim. In this latest installment, we see Tom Thorne tested as never before. · Mark Billingham is one of the UK's top crime writers. His books have sold over 6 million copies worldwide and have been translated into twenty-five languages. His novels have been awarded the Sherlock Award for "Best Detective Novel Created by a UK Author," the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, and the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger. In 2011, Billingham was inducted into the ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards Hall of Fame. · Billingham is beloved among the crime community. For his last book, Rabbit Hole , he did events with Karin Slaughter and Laura Lippman.

He has been blurbed by Lee Child, Karin Slaughter, Laura Lippman, Michael Connelly, Joseph Finder, Gillian Flynn, George Pelecanos, and others. He is also a Bouchercon regular, appearing as the international guest of honor at the 2018 convention in St. Petersburg, Florida. · Sales for Mark Billingham's thrillers have been consistently solid for Grove/Atlantic, with inventory nearly selling out, and extremely strong library sales. · In the Dark , a 4-part BBC adaptation of Billingham's novel of the same name combined with Time of Death , aired in the UK in summer 2017 to a flurry of publicity. Billingham was featured in the first episode of a new true crime documentary series in the UK called "Written in Blood" to talk about the inspiration for Love Like Blood . The episode aired on CBS Reality and has reached over 6.64 million viewers.

A BBC adaptation of Rush of Blood is also in development. · Editor: Morgan Entrekin.