Author: Mark Billingham

Quotes

The fact is that most crime novels contain a good many punchlines. They are just rather darker than the ones you might hear in a comedy club.

The fact is that most crime novels contain a good many punchlines. They are just rather darker than the ones you might hear in a comedy club.

- Mark Billingham

When a crime writer thinks up a delicious twist, it is a great moment. Time to relax and take the rest of the day off. I do think that it can be overdone, however.

When a crime writer thinks up a delicious twist, it is a great moment. Time to relax and take the rest of the day off. I do think that it can be overdone, however.

- Mark Billingham

The day a character becomes predictable is the day a writer should think about moving on - because the reader certainly will.

The day a character becomes predictable is the day a writer should think about moving on - because the reader certainly will.

- Mark Billingham

I could never gamble on stocks and shares because I saw my father get hurt that way - he lost quite a lot of money when the stock market collapsed in 2001.

I could never gamble on stocks and shares because I saw my father get hurt that way - he lost quite a lot of money when the stock market collapsed in 2001.

- Mark Billingham

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