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GJ Williams, AJ Aberford & Alec Marsh chat to Paul Burke about their latest novels. Coming into the Christmas period it's easy for the major players to get publicity but what about Indie authors are they squeezed out at this time of the year. Not on this platform. GJ Williams THE WOLF'S SHADOW Tudor Kardashians, Dr. Dee polymath, Tudor politics and intrigue. Legend Press. AJ Aberford...

Crime Fiction Review November 2024. Victim Thomas Enger & Jørn Lier Horst Nothing But the Truth by Robyn Gigl  Simon Kernick You All Die Tonight  Revenge of Rome Simon Scarrow  The Queen of Cups Murders GB Williams  The Outsider Jane Casey  When the Germans Come David Hewson Spydle Dr Gareth Moore & Laura Jane Ayres Secrets and Lies Quintin Jardine The Ghosts of Paris Tara Moss  Silver Moo...

#OnTheSofa Season 7 Episode 3: Portrayal of gendered violence in fiction, particularly femicide, the murder of women on account of gender. Victoria is Joined by JOAN SMITH author of Unfortunately She Was a Nymphomaniac , ARAMINTA HALL One of the Good Guys and ADAM LEBOR the Danube Blues series. VICTORIA SELMAN SundayTimes bestselling author of ALL THE LITTLE LIARS Amazon Author Page: https://amzn....

DOMINIC NOLAN chats to Paul about WHITE CITY , character, tone, London and villains. WHITE CITY: It's 1952, and London is victorious but broken, a city of war ruins and rationing, run by gangsters and black-market spivs. An elaborate midnight heist, the biggest robbery in British history, sends newspapers into a frenzy. Politicians are furious, the police red-faced. They have suspicions but n...

MERLE NYGATE chats to Paul about her spy thriller HONOUR AMONG SPIES , Eli Amiran, screenwriting, research and HONOUR AMONG SPIES : At the heart of London's spy operations, Mossad head of station Eli carries the scars of a past disaster while grappling with the turbulent political landscape back home. His resolve to uphold his duty and keep his job is tested like never before. Desperate to ti...

Episode Two : On The Road With Victoria: Nicci French HAS ANYONE SEEN CHARLOTTE SALTER Live event at Waterstones Colchester with dynamic duo Nicci French (aka husband & wife writing team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French) and a fascinating discussion ranging from inspiration to AI. VICTORIA SELMAN SundayTimes bestselling author of ALL THE LITTLE LIARS Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3xmvMeS We...

I S Berry chats to Paul Burke about her espionage thriller THE   PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW , already an Edgar First Novel, Barry and ITW Award Winner in the US, just published in the UK. The only female former field agent writing spy fiction. THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW Shane Collins, a world-weary CIA spy, is ready to come in from the cold. Stationed in Bahrain for his final tour, he’s anxious to d...

JOSIE LLOYD chats to Paul Burke about MISS BEETON'S MURDER AGENCY , Mrs Beaton, breast cancer, comedy, cosy crime, making drunk promises to run marathons. Miss Beeton's Murder Agency : Alice Beeton never meant to wind up single and childless on the wrong side of fifty. Like her distant relative Mrs Beeton – yes, that Mrs Beeton – she had hoped to have her own spic-and-span household by n...

Season Seven #OnTheSofa Episode One: On The Road With Victoria: Lisa Jewell NONE OF THIS IS TRUE & Mark Edwards THE DARKEST WATERS. Live event at Waterstones Tottenham Court Road with legends Lisa Jewell and Mark Edwards talking about everything from killing people in sand to Marvel superheroes. VICTORIA SELMAN SundayTimes bestselling author of ALL THE LITTLE LIARS Amazon Author Page: https://...

THE REVIEW SHOW OCTOBER 2024 The Blue Hour Paula Hawkins Disturbing the Bones Andrew Davis & Jeff Biggers Edith Holler Edward Carey Dark as Night Lilja Sigardardóttir trans. Lorenzo Garcia The Great When Alan Moore Angélique Guillaume Musso   Identity Unknown Patricia Cornwell In Too Deep Andrew Lee Child Quick comment reviews: The labyrinth house murders Yukito Ayatsuji trans. Ho-Ling Wong Th...

CHRISTINE BOYER chats to Paul about her noir crime debut Black Maria, the American dream, honing style, short story v novel, psychogeography, regional fiction. BLACK MARIA: Business magnate Thomas Farney and Detective Felix Kosmatka both want the same thing: to catch the monster who brutally murdered Farney's young grandson. Thomas, brutal and savvy, didn't become wealthy by playing by t...

KATE SUMMERSCALE chats to Paul about her new history THE PEEPSHOW , 10 Rillington Place, misogyny & male violence, the cultural and wider societal impact of a notorious murder. THE PEEPSHOW : London, 1953. Police discover the bodies of three young women hidden in a wall at 10 Rillington Place, a dingy terrace house in Notting Hill. On searching the building, they find another body beneath the...

KATE RHODES chats to Paul Burke about her new thriller THE STALKER , The Isles of Scilly mysteries, stalking, and Cambridge. THE STALKER Elly is an expert in stalking – an academic at Cambridge University and a popular media pundit. She knows the subject intimately: what motivates a stalker, how they behave, how to rehabilitate them. But now it’s personal. Someone is following her, making silent p...

Craig Sisterson chats to ATTICA LOCKE about her new novel Guide Me Home , screenwriting and TV, Crime Writers of Colour and Texas. Guide Me Home Texas Ranger Darren Mathews has handed in his badge. A choice made three years before, which served justice if not the law, means that he may now stand trial. And his mother - an intermittent and destructive force in his life - is the cause of his fall fr...

The review Show September 2024. The latest selection of new releases. Peter May The Black Loch  Simon Mason Missing Person: Alice & The Case of the Lonely Accountant  Doug Johnstone Living is a Problem  The Torments Michael J Malone  Murder in Constantinople AE Goldin  A Reluctant Spy David Goodman The Exopotamia Manuscript Maxim Jakubowski  The Best Crime Stories of the Year ed. Anthony Horow...

ABIR MUKHERJEE chats to Paul Burke about his new thriller HUNTED at the Liphook Millennium Centre 3/9/24. HUNTED IN A RACE AGAINST TIME, WHAT IF THE GREATEST THREAT WAS YOUR OWN CHILD? It’s a week before the presidential elections when a bomb goes off in an LA shopping mall… In London, armed police storm Heathrow Airport and arrest Sajid Khan. His daughter Aliyah entered the USA with the suicide b...

CRIME SCENE @ Cardiff Central Library Hub Festival 7th September, 2024 Crime Crossover: MARIE ANNE COPE, GJ WILLIAMS, ABI BARDEN (GB Williams) Shaping a series: SARAH WARD, DAVID PENNY JACQUELINE HARRETT ALIS HAWKINS chats to Paul Burke about The Skeleton Army Produced by Junkyard Dog Crime Time Sponsors & thanks to: Cardiff Central Library Hub, Cardiff Council, Diamond Crime Books, the CWA, C...

ROXIE KEY chats to Paul about her new novel THE DEADLY SPARK , Brighton, diversity in crime fiction, THE DEADLY SPARK Deadly fires are lighting up Brighton, and the latest case is alarmingly close to home for DC Eve Starling. The blaze was deliberately set, and a mother and daughter didn’t make it out of the smoke.  Eve’s investigation takes her deep into her own uncomfortable past. When her key w...

ANTONIA SENIOR , writer, critic, journalist and podcaster chats to Paul about Spymasters - the book and the podcast, the Cambridge Five, historical fiction and Spymasters podcast Writer and journalist Antonia Senior interviews all the best writers on espionage. Each episode will bring you fascinating stories on spies, covert action and more – delving in to fact and fiction, past and present. Anton...

The review Show August   Featuring:  Steve Cavanagh Witness 8 ✓ Blood Like Mine Stuart Neville✓  Fire and Bones Kathy Reichs✓ Ruthless Anne Mette Hancock✓ Pursuit of Death Gunnar Staalesen✓ The Missing and the Dead E M Scott ✓ Holmes & Moriarty Gareth Rubin✓ Paul Burke writes for Monocle Magazine, Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network, Punk Noir Magazine (fiction...

AVA GLASS chats to Paul about her new thriller THE TRAP , Emma Makepeace, meeting yr first spy and the FBI novel to come... THE TRAP : How far would you go to catch a killer? This is the question UK agent Emma Makepeace must ask herself when she is sent to Edinburgh for the upcoming global G7 Summit. The Russians are in town and Emma and her team know a high-profile assassination is being planned....

MICHAEL ROBOTHAM chats to Craig Sisterson about his new thriller STORM CHILD , Evie Cormac, writing away from home, the secret award, German TV adaptations... STORM CHILD The storm is coming... The most painful of Evie Cormac's memories have been locked away, ever since she was held prisoner as a child - a child whose rescue captured hearts and headlines. Forensic psychologist Cyrus Haven&apo...

Sunday Times bestseller, VICTORIA SELMAN chats to Financial Times critic, BARRY FORSHAW about her writing journey and latest novel; the critically acclaimed true crime inspired thriller, All The Little Liars just released in paperback, (15/8). VICTORIA SELMAN SundayTimes bestselling author of ALL THE LITTLE LIARS Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3xmvMeS Website for news and giveaways: http://ww...

Season 6 Episode 8: Serial Killers MARNIE RICHES (THE SILENT DEAD) & CHRIS CARTER (THE DEATH WATCHER) criminal/forensic psychology, criminologists, killer profiles, reasons to kill or none.   Recommendations Seven The Silence of the Lambs Thomas Harris The Whisper Man Alex North VICTORIA SELMAN SundayTimes bestselling author of ALL THE LITTLE LIARS Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3xmvMeS W...

The latest crime, thriller and mystery releases - July 2024. Tim Weaver The Missing Family Michael Joseph Emma Bamford Eye of the Beholder Simon & Schuster Charlotte Philby The End of Summer Borough Press Joseph Knox Imposter Syndrome Double Day Atsuhiro Yoshida Goodnight Tokyo Europa Editions trans. Haydn Trowell Gauz Comrade Papa MacLehose Press trans. Frank Wynne Sarah Ward The Vanishing Ac...