A thread that will make no sense to Many on here (4 Viewers)

[Grendel]

I read many novels and now have 1,500 books - I think Mark Billingham is a very talented crime novelist. Billingham is bored on twitter and is now going to unmask himself

 

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[fernandopartridge]

Look forward to it

 

[Grendel]

I’ve been sending PMs to my buddies

 

[Otis]

I believe the first bit, but I'm struggling with the notion that you have friends.

 

[Grendel]

I believe the first bit, but I'm struggling with the notion that you have friends.

They won’t be for much longer

 

[Flying Fokker]

1500 is a lot...I didn’t know Janet and John were so prolific...

Hats off to you BTW. A damn sight more than moi.

 

[rob9872]

Wifey has some Billingham but also has 100+ James Patterson and yet although I'm not really a reader, from what I can make out most of his are all pretty much the sane format.

Easy writing I assume with mugs like her spending a tenner pretty much every month to get the latest. If he writes them that quick there can't be a lot to it. Usually throw a couple in as easy stocking fillers though so can't really complain.

 

[Nick]

I've got more Kindle books

 

[Grendel]

Wifey has some Billingham but also has 100+ James Patterson and yet although I'm not really a reader, from what I can make out most of his are all pretty much the sane format.

Easy writing I assume with mugs like her spending a tenner pretty much every month to get the latest. If he writes them that quick there can't be a lot to it. Usually throw a couple in as easy stocking fillers though so can't really complain.

Patterson sub contracts the books I think I don’t think other than the Alex Rose novels he’s really written many

 

[christonabike]

I’m a heathen I can read books or watch films or sit still for more than 45 mins. I struggle to sleep as my mind is running 100 mph all the time.
Er indoors reads books and I find holidays terrible as I can’t lie in the sun so end up walking and waking round the block 4 time’s a day until we go out at night for a meal and drink. An hour to you is like 5 to me!
I wish I could have the mind to do it but I can’t. The lock down has had me going mad!

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

I think Mrs BSB has you beat G and she isn't even half your age

 

[Grendel]

I think Mrs BSB has you beat G and she isn't even half your age

I think you’ve missed the point

 

[Brylowes]

I think you’ve missed the point

Grendel ‘Are you Mark Billingham

 

[Magwitch]

Is this ccfc related ?

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Is this ccfc related ?

Think Billingham's revealing we're signing Bellingham from Birmingham provided we don't keep playing in Birmingham

 

[Magwitch]

Think Billingham's revealing we're signing Bellingham from Birmingham provided we don't keep playing in Birmingham

I’m going to bed.

 

[robbiekeane]

I read many novels and now have 1,500 books - I think Mark Billingham is a very talented crime novelist. Billingham is bored on twitter and is now going to unmask himself

What are your top three, never read any of his stuff but will buy a couple and let you k ow

 

[clint van damme]

Did he reveal himself?
I thought Mark Billingham used to write for the NME, obviously not.

 

[Grendel]

What are your top three, never read any of his stuff but will buy a couple and let you k ow

Probably best to start at the beginning to see the character at the start scaredy cat and sleepy head

 

[Flying Fokker]

Is this ccfc related ?

No, you strayed.

 

[Mcbean]

Stuart Macbride is my chosen one at the mo followed by anything Michael Connolly - actually Baldacchi for me is Breyer than. Billingham - do a book every two days on holiday but can’t get round more than 30 mins at night while this pandemic is on the telly

 

[Kneeza]

Definitely start at the beginning with Billingham. They build nicely and his writing style matures and improves (not that it starts badly) with them.

 

[JimmyHillsbeard]

Did he reveal himself?
I thought Mark Billingham used to write for the NME, obviously not.

he used to be a stand up comedian didnt he? I’m sure one of his first novels was a comedy too

 

[skybluetony176]

Grendel ‘Are you Mark Billingham

Grendull? A fiction writer? I see your point.

 

[Grendel]

he used to be a stand up comedian didnt he? I’m sure one of his first novels was a comedy too

He was yes

 

[Cov kid 55]

I’m sure I’m one of those to whom this thread makes no sense, but James Ellroy is an excellent American crime writer, even if his plots are quite hard to follow.

 

[bawtryneal]

Is this ccfc related ?

Move this thread to the Grendel attempting to look smart forum page

 

[RegTheDonk]

:emoji_thumbsup:

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

Move this thread to the Grendel attempting to look smart forum page

Well, if he hadn't put the capital M...unless of course he's specifically talking about a forum member called Many?

 

[Grendel]

Well, if he hadn't put the capital M...unless of course he's specifically talking about a forum member called Many?

This is serious investigative work - go
Away

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

I read/have read a silly amounts of books - tend to be crime, murder type stuff. Read everything by Nesbo, Stephen King, most of Stuart Macbride. Like Peter James, Peter May (?), Stephen Leather etc. Always love it when I discover a new author who can draw me into a plot - I then hunt down other stuff that they do. One thing I rarely do, though, is read many historical. autobiographical books, which I feel I ought to - some historical stuff is stranger than fiction. back on topic - have read one or two Mark Billingham books (but don't really remember them!)

 

[Grendel]

I read/have read a silly amounts of books - tend to be crime, murder type stuff. Read everything by Nesbo, Stephen King, most of Stuart Macbride. Like Peter James, Peter May (?), Stephen Leather etc. Always love it when I discover a new author who can draw me into a plot - I then hunt down other stuff that they do. One thing I rarely do, though, is read many historical. autobiographical books, which I feel I ought to - some historical stuff is stranger than fiction. back on topic - have read one or two Mark Billingham books (but don't really remember them!)

Peter James and the Roy Grace character is excellent. He also writes some great horror novels. Peter May and his novels set in the Highlands and Shetland are very well put together. The Tim Weaver books with Raker are pretty good and for real crime gore read Chris Carter

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

Peter James and the Roy Grace character is excellent. He also writes some great horror novels. Peter May and his novels set in the Highlands and Shetland are very well put together. The Tim Weaver books with Raker are pretty good and for real crime gore read Chris Carter

Yep - have read Weaver, but not Carter; I'll have a gander

 

[Sick Boy]

So where are these exchanges?

 

[Brylowes]

Peter James and the Roy Grace character is excellent. He also writes some great horror novels. Peter May and his novels set in the Highlands and Shetland are very well put together. The Tim Weaver books with Raker are pretty good and for real crime gore read Chris Carter

When is he/she supposed to be revealing them self ?