Die of Shame: The Number One Sunday Times bestseller

Mark Billingham

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Full of betrayal, deceit and suspense, DIE OF SHAME is the spectacular new book from number one bestseller Mark Billingham - author of TIME OF DEATH and IN THE DARK, both soon to be major BBC series.

Every Monday evening, six people gather in a smart North London house to talk about addiction. There they share their deepest secrets: stories of lies, regret, and above all, shame.

Then one of them is killed - and it's clear one of the circle was responsible.

Detective Inspector Nicola Tanner quickly finds her investigation hampered by the strict confidentiality that binds these people and their therapist together. So what could be shameful enough to cost someone their life?

And how do you find the truth when denial and deception are second nature to all of your suspects?

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Praise for Die of Shame: The Number One Sunday Times bestseller

  • Dialogue is perfectly pitched...It is a credit to Billingham's skill as a writer that his characters reveal so much to the reader when blethering around the dinner table while revealing so little to one another - Scotland on Sunday on Rush of BloodBillingham ratchets up the tension, with a twist-filled climax that shows exactly why he's one of the UK's leading crime writers - Shortlist on Rush of BloodHugely effective and entertaining . . . many twists and shocks - The Times on Rush of BloodBillingham produces an astonishing final twist to complete his most ambitious and most accomplished book - Sunday Telegraph on In the DarkA virtuoso performance by Billingham - Daily Mail on In the DarkChilling...A story with a twist that I guarantee even veteran crime fiction aficionados won't see coming - Evening Herald on In the Dark

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Mark Billingham

Mark Billingham

Mark Billingham has twice won the Theakston Old Peculier Award for Crime Novel of the Year, the Sherlock Award for the best detective created by a British writer and in 2026 he was awarded the Crime Writers' Association Diamond Dagger for an outstanding lifetime contribution to the genre. Sleepyhead and Scaredy Cat were made into a hit TV series on Sky 1 starring David Morrissey as Tom Thorne, and a series based on the novels In the Dark and Time of Death was broadcast on BBC1. Mark lives in north London with his wife and two children.

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