Although without taking anything away, you should probably also never discount the fact that blood does look particularly good against snow." Part of the reason why Scandinavian crime has been so popular is the landscape. Places such as Edinburgh or Oxford or LA seemed to have stronger identities. When I began to write I was surprised at how little London had been used in crime fiction.
"And as I've always believed that location is a character, it seemed a natural thing to do. "But I now do know that part of Florida pretty well," Billingham explains. That Mark Billingham's latest novel, Rush of Blood, is partly set in the Florida resort town where he has owned a holiday home for the last few years is likewise testament to the success of a career that has previously been associated with the up-close study of the meaner streets of London. I t was said that you could track the upward trajectory of the late Douglas Adams's career by how quickly his jokes changed from laughing at the absurdities of having no money to laughing at the absurdities of having lunch with his accountants.
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