When stand-up comedian, actor and screenwriter Mark Billingham decided to try his hand at crime writing his debut novel Sleepyhead entered the Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller list and became the biggest selling debut novel of that summer.

A decade and nine books later Detective Inspector Tom Thorne has even graced our screens with his own TV adaptation. The faceless DI shares his birthday and musical tastes with his creator and their latest case From The Dead is out now.

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