Rabbit Hole: The Sunday Times number one bestseller

Mark Billingham

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***THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER***

***THE TIMES CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR***

My name is Alice. I'm a police officer.I'm trying to solve a murder on a psychiatric ward.But I'm also a patient...

They were meant to be safe on Fleet Ward: psychiatric patients monitored, treated, cared for. But now one of their number is found murdered, and the accusations begin to fly.

Was it one of his fellow patients? A member of staff? Or did someone come in from the outside?

DC Alice Armitage is methodical, tireless, and she's quickly on the trail of the killer.

The only problem is, Alice is a patient too.

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'Fast-paced and twisting'Paula Hawkins

'At the very least it should reach the shortlist of this year's Booker prize'

The Times'A deeply compelling read'

Harriet Tyce

'The most cunning, complex, claustrophobic mystery'

Louise Candlish

'Immense skill and heart'Eve Chase

'Brilliant, suspenseful, poignant, heartbreaking, surprisingly funny'Linwood Barclay

'One of the most consistently entertaining, insightful crime writers working today'

Gillian Flynn

'A world-class crime writer'

Karin Slaughter

'Mark Billingham is a master of psychology'

Ian Rankin

'Billingham is always a must read'

Harlan Coben

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Praise for Rabbit Hole: The Sunday Times number one bestseller

  • Follow Alice - plucky, resourceful, lovable and infuriating - down the Rabbit Hole in Billingham's fast-paced and twisting thriller - Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the TrainMark Billingham is a master of psychology, plotting and the contemporary scene - Ian RankinOne of Britain's best crime writers - The TimesOne the biggest names in crime fiction and one the genre's most formidable talents - Peter JamesRabbit Hole is authentic, raucous and deeply compassionate. Expertly balancing humour, tension and pathos, it'll do for the psychiatric ward what The Thursday Murder Club has done for retirement villages. A deeply compelling read - Harriet Tyce, author of Blood OrangeI was totally drawn into Rabbit Hole by Alice, the novel's wildly unreliable narrator. Hilarious, menacing yet vulnerable, she's a brilliant creation, alive on the page. Billingham creates the dark, claustrophobic world of the psychiatric ward with both immense skill and heart - Eve Chase, author of The Glass House

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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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