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Simon Mayo's Books of the Year

Mark Billingham (Their Little Secret)

Simon Mayo's Books of the Year

Bauer Media

Arts, Books

4.9994 Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Mark Billingham is one of the UK's most acclaimed and popular crime writers - selling over 5 million copies. A former actor, television writer and stand-up comedian, his series of novels featuring D.I. Tom Thorne has twice won him the Crime Novel Of The Year Award as well as the Sherlock Award for Best British Detective and been nominated for seven CWA Daggers. His standalone thriller IN THE DARK was chosen as one of the twelve best books of the year by the Times and his debut novel, SLEEPYHEAD was chosen by the Sunday Times as one of the 100 books that had shaped the decade. Each of his novels has been a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller. Mark is also a member of Fun Lovin' Crime Writers. Performing alongside Val McDermid, Chris Brookmyre, Stuart Neville, Doug Johnstone and Luca Veste, this band of frustrated rockers murders songs for fun at literary festivals worldwide Mark's latest novel is Their Little Secret Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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0:49.0

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indeed. Well, it's another podcast from your good friends at Books of the Year Podcasts Incorporated.

1:19.9

And it truly is feast or famine with us, isn't it?

1:23.0

Because we do tend to do this thing where we don't have a podcast for ages and then like

1:28.9

seven appear at once.

1:31.4

We do expect a discipline from our audience that they just, you know, they accept that when one pops into their box in, then that's the way it's going to be.

1:40.0

We're like that friend that doesn't ever go out and then when they do go out

1:43.6

insist that we're not only going out we're doing shots and then we're going to a

1:48.0

club and then I know this place that's open till three because apparently that's what all the kids do and

1:54.2

that was just like that I haven't got any friends like that neither of I am too old I'm

1:59.0

very happy to be in bed by ten you are that be. I'm very much the person who's in bed by 10.

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