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STIG ABELL chats to Paul Burke about his new crime novel DEATH IN A LONELY PLACE , rural idyll as vest of Vipers, identity, writing a series, love of genre fiction and how crime fiction is a tonic for the soul. DEATH IN A LONELY PLACE In a quiet village, darkness is closing in… A rural paradise… Detective Jake Jackson moved to the countryside for a quieter life. And he finally seems to have his wi...

MORGAN GREENE chats to Paul Burke about his new crime thriller SAVAGE RIDGE , the why-dunnit not the who-dunnit, rural locations, indie and trad publishing. SAVAGE RIDGE Ten years ago, in the pine-shaded town of Savage Ridge, Nick, Emmy, and Pete murder their high school classmate, Sammy Saint John. His body is never found, and no arrests are made. The three friends make a pact to leave Savage Rid...

PHILIP GWYNNE JONES chats to Paul Burke about The Venetian Candidate (paperback now) and The Venetian Sanctuary (Hardback July), Venice, honorary consuls and Italy. The Venetian Candidate - To tell the truth is a revolutionary act. Battered by floods and crushed by overtourism, the city of Venice faces an uncertain future. The election of a new Mayor, therefore, has never felt more important. As t...

Season 6 Episode 2: More Than Meets The Eye KRYSTAL SUTHERLAND (THE INVOCATIONS) + CATRIONA WARD (THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET). Victoria is joined by authors Catriona Ward and Krystal Sutherland to discuss adding horror and supernatural ingredients to the Crime Fiction cauldron. VICTORIA SELMAN SundayTimes bestselling author of ALL THE LITTLE LIARS Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3xmvMeS...

Special Edition: SARAH MOORHEAD chats to STUART TURTON about his new high concept thriller THE LAST MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD , write what you know - rubbish, writing is unique to every person - don't box us in. THE LAST MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD   Outside the island there is nothing: the world destroyed by a fog that swept the planet, killing anyone it touched. On the island: it is...

Paul Burke takes a look at some of the new releases in crime fiction for March, 24. The Case of the Bereaved Butler Cathy Ace A Night at the Shore Tony Knighton The Assassin Tom Fletcher Out of the Darkness Alex Gray Close to Death Anthony Horowitz (Pub. 11/4) Requiem Bell David Michael Nolan Deliver Me Malin Persson Giolito The Croaking Raven Guy Hale The Innocents Bridget Walsh (11/4 release) Al...

GRAHAM BARTLETT chats to Paul Burke about his new police thriller CITY ON FIRE , the third Jo Howe novel. Brighton and policing in a modern city, dialing up the drama, Brighton's rebel soul, meeting readers, supporting 150+ writers with policing matters. CITY ON FIRE After losing her sister to an overdose, Chief Superintendent Jo Howe is desperate to tackle the world of drugs that consumes th...

SEASON 6 EPISODE 1: RICHARD NAIFF (WATERSTONES BRIGHTON) & ALEX FORBES (FOURBEARS  BOOKS) What's Going to Be Hot in Crime This Year? Victoria is joined by booksellers, Alex Forbes + Richard Naiff as they peer into their crystal balls to reveal what's going to be hot in Crime this year. Mentioned in the show: Mick Herron, Agatha Christie, Tess Gerritsen, David McCloskey, Matthew Richa...

TESS GERRITSEN chats to Paul Burke about her new spy crime thriller THE SPY COAST , Maggie Bird, Danny, living in a CIA retirement town, voices come to me ' I'm not the woman used to be' , MK Ultra, standing up for the older character and British TV.   THE SPY COAST Maggie Bird is many things. A chicken farmer. A good neighbour. A seemingly average retiree living in the seaside town...

The latest edition of HEADS TOGETHER on CRIME TIME FM with Barry Forshaw , Victoria Selman and Paul Burke . Featuring new books, Barry's Blurays, SS Van Dine's Philo Vance on screen, writing to trend and branching out within the genre,  #OnTheSofa & #InPersonWith guests, Murder By The Book (CWA, University of Cambridge), Oxford Literary Festival and Tim's Improvements. Reviews:...

DOUGLAS JACKSON chats to Paul Burke about his new historical crime thriller Blood Roses , wartime Warsaw, series fiction, Ancient Rome, Caligula & The Angel of Death - Josef Mengele. BLOOD ROSES As the Nazis roll into Warsaw, a serial killer is unleashed… September 1939. A city ruled by fear. A population brutalised by restrictions and reprisals. Amid the devastation, another hunter begins to...

TARA MOSS chats to Paul Burke about THE WAR WIDOW , modelling, travelling, human rights activism, The Fictional Woman, CRPS, Journalism, post war Sydney & what did you do during the war granddad/grandma? THE WAR WIDOW It's 1946 and WWII may be over, but journalist Billie Walker's search for a missing young man will plunge her right back into the danger and drama she thought she'...

SOPHIE MORTON-THOMAS chats to Paul about her psychological suspense novel BIRD SPOTTING IN A SMALL TOWN, Fran and Tad, ornithology,  studying a masters in crime & thriller writing and getting enough sleep. BIRD SPOTTING IN A SMALL TOWN My feet are itching to walk to the shore, to leave the kids again, to sit with the birds and pretend none of this has happened. In a small, isolated town on the...

The Latest selection of Crime, Mystery and Thriller fiction reviewed by Paul Burke.  The Books: Every Trick in the Book Bernard O'Keefe (Muswell Press PB) Gathering Storm Lynne McEwan (Canelo, PB)* The Harlem Detectives Chester Himes intro. SA Cosby (Everyman HB) Taken Dinuka MacKenzie (Canelo PB) Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter Nicci French (Simon & Schuster HB) Every smile You Fake Dor...

TONY KENT chats to Paul Burke about his new thriller THE SHADOW NETWORK , Dempsey & Devlin, Chiltern Kills, and obsessive hobby, working on TV true crime, conspiracy, the ensemble cast, the law. THE SHADOW NETWORK How do you take down an enemy when no one believes they exist? When the lawyers of alleged war criminal Hannibal Strauss are caught up in a terror attack in The Hague, barrister Mich...

PAUL VIDICH & CHARLES CUMMING chat to Paul Burke about their latest novels BEIRUT STATION and KENNEDY 35 respectively. The Cold War, the luminal space, inherently political. BEIRUT STATION Lebanon, 2006. The Israel–Hezbollah war is tearing Beirut apart and the country is on the brink of chaos. The CIA and Mossad are targeting a reclusive Hezbollah terrorist. They turn to young Lebanese-America...

Former CIA analyst DAVID MCCLOSKEY chats to Paul Burke about his new exhilarating spy thriller MOSCOW X, Russia, Boyars, world views and ubiquitous technological surveillance. MOSCOW X A daring CIA operation threatens chaos in the Kremlin. But can Langley trust the Russian at its center? CIA operatives Sia and Max enter Russia to recruit Vladimir Putin’s moneyman. Sia works for a London firm that...

Barry Forshaw, Victoria Selman and Paul Burke talk January books and look forward to some titles later in the year, crime and thriller TV for 2024, a new seductive Miss Marple, character is king, the high concept, #OnTheSofa Season 6, out to lunch... Tim Sullivan Teacher  Simon Mason Lost and Never Found Seicho Matsumoto Point Zero Agnes Ravatn The Guests   Dan Malakin The Wreckage of Us Season 6...

EMMA CHRISTIE chats to Paul about her new psychological thriller IN HER SHADOW , The Caledonian Crime Collective, Portobello, psychological thrillers, Barcelona and a new found love for old movies. IN HER SHADOW Dave Kellock is a pillar of the community in Portobello, Edinburgh. A tireless volunteer who never misses a chance to help others, he's just been recognised on the King's Honours...

GARRY DISHER chats to Craig Sisterson about his new novel Day's End , 'Hirsch', right wing extremism, stories ripped from the news, rural noir,  backpackers & blue biro. DAY'S END : WHEN HATE RUNS DEEP, THE INNOCENT SUFFER Constable Paul Hirschausen's rural beat in the low hills of South Australia is wide. Daybreak to day's end, dirt roads and dust. Every problem...

S5E10 : LIVE recording in front of a studio audience - Victoria & Louise discuss their writing journeys, the challenge of setting books in the present day & where they get their ideas from! LOUISE CANDLISH - THE ONLY SUSPECT : Alex lives a comfortable life with his wife Beth in the leafy suburb of Silver Vale. Fine, so he’s not the most sociable guy on the street, he prefers to keep himsel...

JAMES NAUGHTIE & SHANE WHALEY chat to Paul THE SPY ACROSS THE WATER , the Flemyng trilogy, spy novels are all about character, James Jesus Angleton's wilderness of mirrors and Kim Philby's melancholy. THE SPY ACROSS THE WATER We live with our history, but it can kill us. Faces from the past appear from nowhere at a family funeral, and Will Flemyng, spy-turned-ambassador, is drawn int...

The latest crop of new crime fiction releases January 2024 reviewed by Paul Burke. The novels featured: Mari Hannah The Longest Goodbye *18/1 James Henry The Winter Visitors *1/2 Chris Hammer Cover the Bones *4/1 Tim Sullivan The Teacher *18/1 Ruth Mancini The Woman on the Ledge *4/1 Stephanie Sowden Directions for Dark Things *25/1 CS Robertson The Trials of Marjorie Crowe *18/1 Riley Sager The O...

MAXIM JAKUBOWSKI, publisher, editor, bookseller, writer & critic chats to Paul Burke about his new novel Just a Girl with a Gun . "Less sex Jakubowski" Cornelia c'est moi... Just a Girl with a Gun  Killing Eve meets Mr and Mrs Smith In the neon-lit world of seduction and secrets, Cornelia, a mesmerizing stripper, finds herself pulled into a sinister web spun by the enigmatic org...

S9 E8: LIZZY BARBER & JP DELANEY #OnTheSofaWithVictoria Location, location, location. JP Delaney (THE NEW WIFE) & Lizzy Barber (NANNY WANTED) join Victoria to discuss the importance of place in Crime Fiction. Why different stories need different settings, the link between character and place and how to evoke atmosphere.  VICTORIA SELMAN SundayTimes bestselling author of ALL THE LITTLE LIAR...