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DON WINSLOW chats to Paul Burke about his new novel CITY ON FIRE , Rhode Island, the Iliad, Helen of Troy, borders, gangsters, Africa, Jane Austen and getting set up by Ken Bruen. CITY ON FIRE : Providence, RI, 1986. Twenty-nine-year-old Danny Ryan is a hard-working longshoreman, loving husband, loyal friend, and occasional “muscle” for the Irish crime syndicate that oversees much of the city. He...

ALIS HAWKINS (Not One of Us), GAIL 'GB' WILLIAMS (The Chair) & PHILIP GWYNNE JONES (Vengeance in Venice) chat to Victoria and Paul about all things Welsh crime fiction and the Gwyl Crime Cyrmu Festival - 27-29th April & 2-4th May. Featuring: The Daniel Morgan murder, Mark Billingham, Ann Cleave, Mark Ellis, Elly Griffiths, Cathy Ace, Vaseem Khan, Abir Mukherjee, Chris Lloyd, Matt...

AUSTRALIAN CRIME FICTION : CHRIS HAMMER (SCRUBLANDS & OPAL COUNTRY) & EMMA VISKIC (THOSE WHO PERISH out April - CALEB ZELIC SERIES) discuss the appeal of Outback Noir, aka Southern Cross Crime, aka Dingo Noir On The Sofa With Victoria. VICTORIA SELMAN Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3xmvMeS Website for news and giveaways: http://www.victoriaselmanauthor.com Twitter: @VictoriaSelman We...

Part 2 - The Golden Decade . GETTING CARTER author NICK TRIPLOW chats to Paul Burke about Ted Lewis and Brit Noir as No Exit Press reissue 2 of his classic novels Jack Carter's Law and Billy Rags . In this second part we discuss the novels of Ted Lewis from Plender to GBH, the film Yellow Submarine, tv cop show  Z Cars and Mary Whitehouse. NICK TRIPLOW GETTING CARTER : Ted Lewis and the Birth...

Part 1 - GETTING CARTER . Author NICK TRIPLOW chats to Paul Burke about Ted Lewis and Brit Noir as No Exit Press reissue 2 Lewis novels Jack Carter's Law and Billy Rags , ( Plender & GBH came out last year). In this first part Nick talks about his biography of Lewis, the author's background, influences and debut crime novel Jack's Return Home, filmed as Get Carter. GETTING CARTE...

TIMOTHY J LOCKHART chats to Paul Burke about UNLUCKY MONEY , Norfolk Virginia, hardboiled crime and Brit Grit. UNLUCKY MONEY When Chinese American private-eye Wendy Lu takes on her first murder case, she doesn’t realize how dangerous it’s going to be. Probing into the murder of Susan Fontaine, the wife of her client, wealthy real-estate developer Whit Fontaine—the primary suspect in the case—Wendy...

HIGH CONCEPT - PSYCHE SUSPENSE PART 2 Sophie Hannah (The Couple at the Table), Gillian McAllister (Wrong Place, Wrong Time) and JP Delaney (The Girl Before) discuss high concept thrillers with Victoria Selman. What is high concept and why are we so gripped by the premise of some novels? The difference between high concept and big concept. VICTORIA SELMAN Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3xmvMeS...

Part II: BOGDAN HRIB chats to Paul Burke about RESILIENCE , Romanian crime fiction, politics in Eastern Europe, translation Romanian to English and vice versa and coffee culture. RESILIENCE Stelian Munteanu has had enough of fixing other people’s problems: all he wants to do is make the long-distance relationship with his wife Sofia work. But when a notorious Romanian businessman asks him to inves...

BOGDAN HRIB chats to Paul Burke about RESILIENCE , Romanian crime fiction, politics in Eastern Europe, translation Romanian to English and vice versa and coffee culture. RESILIENCE Stelian Munteanu has had enough of fixing other people’s problems: all he wants to do is make the long-distance relationship with his wife Sofia work. But when a notorious Romanian businessman asks him to investigate th...

TED FLANAGAN chats to Paul Burke about EVERY HIDDEN THING , being a paramedic, local journalism, the Ribbon Creek Incident and the correct pronunciation of Woosta. EVERY HIDDEN THING : The last scion of a once-powerful political family, Worcester mayor John O'Toole has his sights set on vastly higher aspirations. When night shift paramedic Thomas Archer uncovers a secret that could upend the...

HIGH CONCEPT - PSYCHE SUSPENSE PART 1 Sophie Hannah (The Couple at the Table), Gillian McAllister (Wrong Place, Wrong Time) and JP Delaney (The Girl Before) discuss high concept thrillers with Victoria Selman. What is high concept and why are we so gripped by the premise of some novels? VICTORIA SELMAN Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3xmvMeS Website for news and giveaways: http://www.victorias...

The Alternative Ulster Noir Collective takeover Crime Time FM for an episode of mayhem and good craic from Northern Ireland. Simon Maltman chats to the other contributors to the Alternative Ulster Noir: NI Crime Stories Inspired by NI Music. ALTERNATIVE ULSTER NOIR : A collection of seven new NI crime short stories inspired by NI music. Enjoy a diverse anthology of work from some of the best NI th...

HEADS TOGETHER - the monthly magazine show on CRIME TIME FM . PAUL, VICTORIA and BARRY discuss the Crime Time FM WATCHLIST, the latest podcasts, crime writing festivals, character, originality and new Blu-rays of TV classics OUT & FOX. PAUL BURKE writes about crime fiction for Crime Fiction Lover, NB Magazine, Crime Time and the European Literature Network. VICTORIA SELMAN is the bestselling a...

WILLIAM BOYLE chats to Paul Burke about his novel SHOOT THE MOONLIGHT OUT , Noir, Haunted Catholicism, watching Blue Velvet at twelve and Oxford, Mississippi. SHOOT THE MOONLIGHT OUT An explosive crime drama, evokes a mystical Brooklyn where the sidewalks are cracked, where Virgin Mary statues tilt in fenced front yards, and where smudges of moonlight reflect in puddles even on the blackest nights...

ROBERT J LLOYD chats to Paul Burke about his philosophical historical crime novel BLOODLESS BOY, scientist/detective Robert Hooke and getting published with a helping hand from Christopher Fowler. BLOODLESS BOY : The City of London, 1678. New Year's Day. The body of a young boy, drained of his blood and with a sequence of numbers inscribed on his skin, is discovered on the snowy bank of the F...

PROFILING:  Criminologist Jennifer Reese & Mark Olshaker (Mindhunter) discuss the portrayal of serial killers in popular culture and what drives our fascination with them. "Are we as bad as the worst things we have done?" Is Dexter a serial killer? Did life imitate art? The birth of profiling in fiction. The police officer at your elbow test. VICTORIA SELMAN Amazon Author Page: https...

CHARLIE HIGSON chats to Paul Burke about his new adult novel WHATEVER GETS YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT,   character, Pantocrator, comedy is the spice of life and shaking up the Tupperware box. WHATEVER GETS YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT :  Most people travel to Corfu to escape the real world for a couple of weeks and embrace the fantasy of olive trees, sandy beaches, and little fishing boats bobbing on sparklin...

DR HEATHER MARTIN chats to Paul Burke about her biography of Lee Child: THE REACHER GUY and the Jack Reacher novels. THE REACHER GUY (Constable) Lee Child is the enigmatic powerhouse behind the phenomenally successful Jack Reacher novels. With devoted fans across the globe, and over a hundred million copies of his books sold in more than forty languages, he is that rarity, a writer who is both cri...

HANNAH KING chats to Paul Burke about her debut novel SHE AND I , her characters Keeley and Jude, class, being post troubles generation, judging others and how much is up to the reader to complete the novel SHE AND I : Keeley and Jude are closer than blood. They share everything: clothes, secrets, drinks - and blame. So when they wake up after a New Year's party to find Keeley's boyfrien...

Crime Critics On The Sofa Wth Victoria: Barry Forshaw Financial Times, Jake Kerridge The Telegraph and Jon Coates The Express discuss what makes a crime novel really stand out for them. BARRY FORSHAW is the editor of Crime Time, author of several books on film and crime fiction and the Financial Times Crime Fiction Critic. JAKE KERRIDGE writes about books and the like for The Telegraph and the lik...

PAUL VIDICH Cold War spy thriller writer, TIM SHIPMAN Chief Political Commentator for The Sunday Times and Paul Burke discuss Vidich's new novel THE MATCHMAKER and all things spy fiction related. Including an exclusive announcement of the highest placed living author on Tim Shipman's 120 top spy writers (Spybrary) THE MATCHMAKER : Berlin, 1989. Anne Simpson, an American who works as a tr...

AMEN ALONGE chats to Paul Burke about his blistering debut A GOOD DAY TO DIE , Pretty Boy, London, Lagos, body count and character. A GOOD DAY TO DIE : Meet Pretty Boy. Vengeance is on his mind. His real name: Unknown His code of conduct: Don't be a pawn in someone else's game. Never underestimate the enemy. Above all, survive. There is no glory in death. His mission: It's been ten...

Paul Burke reviews January and February crime fiction: A killing in November Simon Mason - Riverrun Faceless Vanda Symon - Orenda Payback Mike Lupica - No Exit Press All Was Lost Stuart Maxwell - Pushkin She and I Hannah King - Bloomsbury Raven The Long Weekend Gilly Macmillan - Century We Know You Remember Tove Alsterdal - Faber and Faber Real Easy Marie Rutkoski - Tinder One for Sorrow Helen Fie...

IRISH CRIME FICTION Brian McGilloway ( BLOOD TIES out now and EMPTY ROOM March 31st) and Catherine Ryan Howard ( 56 DAYS ) discuss what it is about Ireland that lends itself so well to crime. VICTORIA SELMAN Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3xmvMeS Website for news and giveaways: http://www.victoriaselmanauthor.com Twitter: @VictoriaSelman We love to hear from our listeners! Find me on Twitter...

The star guest for this month’s Barry’s Blu-rays is one of the pioneers of serious genre film criticism, TIM LUCAS is now in his 50th year as a published writer. He’s an award-winning biographer ( MARIO BAVA - ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK ), magazine founder/editor ( VIDEO WATCHDOG ), novelist (the cult classic THROAT SPROCKETS ), and a popular silver disc audio commentator. The full text of Barry&a...