The Shadow Step - Mark Billingham - Step One: The Soldier & the Sausage Dog

Aug 7, 2026

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Mark Billingham is an award-winning crime novelist, recognized for lifetime achievement in the genre and for work adapted for television. The text presents the author’s background and bibliography, followed by publication and copyright notices from Sphere. It then provides a dedication and a contents outline for the novel, organizing the story into numbered steps, beginning with Step One: The Soldier & the Sausage Dog and continuing through multiple chapters.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages329

Reading Time8 h 27 min

AccessFree to download

Dedication

Step One: The Soldier & the Sausage Dog

Step Two: Balaclavas & Biscuits

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 DI 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. [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) Also by Mark Billingham The DI Tom Thorne series Sleepyhead Scaredy Cat Lazybones The Burning Girl Lifeless Buried Death Message Bloodline From the Dead Good as Dead The Dying Hours The Bones Beneath Time of Death Love Like Blood The Killing Habit Their Little Secret Cry Baby The Murder Book What the Night Brings The DS Declan Miller series The Last Dance The Wrong Hands Other fiction In the Dark Rush of Blood Die of Shame Cut Off (Quick Reads) Rabbit Hole Digital originals Dancing Towards the Blade and Other Stories Thorne at Christmas Audio original The Other Half (with My Darling Clementine) Non-fiction Great Lost Albums (as co-author) [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) Copyright Published by Sphere ISBN: 978-1-408-72204-6 Copyright © Mark Billingham Ltd 2026 The moral right of the author has been asserted. All characters and events in this publication, other than those clearly in the public domain, are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. Sphere An imprint of Little, Brown Book Group Carmelite House 50 Victoria Embankment London EC4Y 0DZ The authorised representative in the EEA is Hachette Ireland 8 Castlecourt Centre Dublin 15, D15 XTP3, Ireland (email: [info@hbgi.ie](info@hbgi.ie)) An Hachette UK Company [www.hachette.co.uk](www.hachette.co.uk)[ ](www.hachette.co.uk)[www.littlebrown.co.uk](www.littlebrown.co.uk) [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) Dedication For Ed Wood. This one might not be one of yours, but thank you for all those that were. And for the fun you made it. And for the chicken, obviously. [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) My little dog – a heartbeat at my feet. Edith Wharton [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) Contents Title Page Copyright Dedication Step One: The Soldier & the Sausage Dog One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven Twelve Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen Step Two: Balaclavas & Biscuits Sixteen Seventeen Eighteen Nineteen

FAQs

Who is Mark Billingham and what awards has he received?

Mark Billingham has won major British crime-writing awards, including Theakston Old Peculier Award twice and the Crime Writers’ Association Diamond Dagger for lifetime contribution. His work has also been adapted into television series.

What is included in the publication front matter?

The front matter includes copyright and publication information from Sphere, a dedication to Ed Wood, and a general statement about the fictitious nature of characters and events.

How is the novel structured according to the contents section?

The contents list the story in numbered steps. It begins with Step One: The Soldier & the Sausage Dog, and later includes Step Two: Balaclavas & Biscuits with subsequent numbered segments.

Aug 7, 2026

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