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The Dying Hours by Mark Billingham

I really do enjoy Mark Billingham novels.  I have recently discovered that he also works as a stand up comedian and has done very funny shows with the Scottish author Christopher Brookmyre.  Other books by this author are reviewed here,  https://bookreviewstoday.wordpress.com/2013/04/05/in-the-dark-by-mark-billingham/,  https://bookreviewstoday.wordpress.com/2013/07/15/scaredy-cat-by-mark-billingham/,  ‎‎https://bookreviewstoday.wordpress.com/2013/06/16/sleepyhead-by-mark-billingham/.   Billingham was born Mark Philip David Billingham in Birmingham, England on 2 July, …

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Dead Simple by Peter James

Peter James is an international bestselling British writer of crime fiction. He was born in Brighton, England on August 22, 1948.  He attended Charterhouse School and is rightly proud to be the son of Cornelia James, the former glove maker to Queen Elizabeth II. Cornelia was a Jewish refugee from Vienna who came to England …

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