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HB LYLE (BEN) chats with Paul Burke about his latest historical thriller THE YEAR OF THE GUN , Sherlock Holmes and the Irregulars, Nabukov, historical accuracy in fiction and how Wiggins narrowly avoids going down with the Titanic (very minor spoiler alert). THE YEAR OF THE GUN 1912. Released from the Secret Service, Wiggins sets out for New York and his lost lover Bela. But after an altercation o...

THE SEASON FINALE THE PLOT THICKENS: Building tension and suspense. Lisa Jewell (THE NIGHT SHE DISAPPEARED), Louise Candlish (THE HEIGHTS) and Mark Edwards (HOLLOWS). 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 @VictoriaSelman and join...

RAZORBLADE TEARS - WINNER OF THE CRIME TIME FM CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2021        SA COSBY chats with Craig Sisterson about his novel RAZORBLADE TEARS, Winning the CTFM Novel Award, being the 'bard of broken men',  TV rights and entertaining readers. Razorblade Tears : Ike Randolph left jail fifteen years ago, with not so much as a speeding ticket since. But a Black man with cops at the...

PAUL CLEAVE chats to Paul Burke about his new psychological thriller THE QUIET PEOPLE , social media, elements of horror, Cameron and Lisa Murdoch, real life crime, and the Expanse. THE QUIET PEOPLE : Cameron and Lisa Murdoch are successful New Zealand crime writers, happily married and topping bestseller lists worldwide. They have been on the promotional circuit for years, joking that no one know...

LUKE McCALLIN chats to Paul Burke about his new historical thriller WHERE GOD DOES NOT WALK , Gregor Reinhardt, WWI, Bosnia, inspirational literature. WHERE GOD DOES NOT WALK : THE WESTERN FRONT, JULY 1918. Gregor Reinhardt is a young lieutenant in a stormtrooper battalion on the Western Front when one of his subordinates is accused of murdering a group of officers, and then subsequently trying to...

HEADS TOGETHER - the monthly magazine show on CRIME TIME FM . PAUL, VICTORIA and BARRY discuss the Crime Time FM WATCHLIST, the latest podcasts, January 2022 releases, book-to-film-to-book?, TV adaptations of favourite detectives, these extraordinary times for crime fiction and the little fella... PAUL BURKE writes about crime fiction for Crime Fiction Lover, NB Magazine, Crime Time and the Europe...

Book Marketing Panel - On The Sofa With Victoria With over 180K books published every year and more than 20 titles released every hour, how do you ensure yours stands out from the crowd? Quercus Publicity Director, Hannah Robinson, Chris McDonald (Blood Brothers) & Simon Bewick (Bay Tales/Noir at The Bar) share their thoughts along with  lessons learned from lockdown. VICTORIA SELMAN Amazon Au...

CHRIS OFFUTT chats to Paul Burke about THE KILLING HILLS , Kentucky, land and culture, spy fiction and photography. THE KILLING HILLS : Mick Hardin, a combat veteran now working as an Army CID agent, is home on a leave that is almost done. His wife is about to give birth, but they aren't getting along. His sister, newly risen to sheriff, has just landed her first murder case, and local politi...

HEATHER YOUNG chats to Paul Burke about her debut psychological thriller THE LOST GIRLS , storytelling, domestic abuse, ancient lands and family. THE LOST GIRLS : In 1935, six-year-old Emily Evans vanishes forever from her family’s summer house on a remote Minnesota Lake. Sixty years later, Lucy, Emily’s quiet and watchful older sister, lives alone in the lake house. When Lucy dies, she leaves the...

BEHIND THE MASK -  Ali Land (GOOD ME BAD ME) & Will Carver (THE BERESFORD) discuss why we’re so fascinated by psychopaths, why they’re so often portrayed as highly cultured…and why Will Carver might be one. Will Carver has most recently published PSYCHOPATHS ANONYMOUS VICTORIA SELMAN Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3xmvMeS Website for news and giveaways: http://www.victoriaselmanauthor.com...

DOMINIC 'DOM' NOLAN chats with Victoria Selman about his new novel VINE STREET , 1930S Soho, obsession, history versus the past and believing in your work. VINE STREET : SOHO, 1935. SERGEANT LEON GEATS' PATCH. A snarling, skull-cracking misanthrope, Geats marshals the grimy rabble according to his own elastic moral code. The narrow alleys are brimming with jazz bars, bookies, blacks...

JOANNE HARRIS chats to Paul Burke about her new novel A NARROW DOOR , being a schoolteacher, why genres fluid, misogyny and memory. A NARROW DOOR Now I'm in charge, the gates are my gates. The rules are my rules. It's an incendiary moment for St Oswald's school. For the first time in its history, a headmistress is in power, the gates opening to girls. Rebecca Buckfast has spilled bl...

GREGORY GALLOWAY chats to Paul Burke about his new novel JUST THIEVES , identity, fatalism and existential questions in the noir novel, Chandler, Cain and Get Carter. JUST THIEVES : Rick and Frank are recovering addicts and accomplished house thieves whose partnership extends beyond their professional lives. They do not steal randomly they steal according to order, hired by a mysterious handler. T...

TRUE CRIME EDITION: WHY COLD CASES ARE SO HOT- Abigail Dean (GIRL A) Sarah Sultoon (THE SOURCE) & Joseph Knox (TRUE CRIME STORY) discuss true crime, stretching the genre & the cold case they’d most like to solve. Victoria wonders what our true crime obsession says about us. VICTORIA SELMAN Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3xmvMeS Website for news and giveaways: http://www.victoriaselman...

THE THREE RONNIES EPISODE HEADS TOGETHER is the monthly magazine show on CRIME TIME FM . PAUL, VICTORIA and BARRY discuss the Crime Time FM WATCHLIST, author duos, short stories and the latest podcasts . PAUL BURKE writes about crime fiction for Crime Fiction Lover, NB Magazine, Crime Time and the European Literature Network. VICTORIA SELMAN is the bestselling author of the Ziba MacKenzie series k...

JS MONROE (Jon Stock) chats with Paul Burke about his new psychological thriller THE MAN ON HACKPEN HILL , crop circles, Porton Down, and James Bond in No Time To Die. THE MAN ON HACKPEN HILL : In a world full of lies, the search for truth is a deadly game... It isn't unusual for crop circles to appear overnight on Hackpen Hill. In this part of Wiltshire, where golden wheat fields stretch for...

FELIX FRANCIS chats to Paul Burke about his new psychological crime novel ICED , taking on his father's thriller legacy, the home fiction factory, tea with Agatha Christie and marbling. ICED : Miles Pussett is a former steeplechase jockey. Now he gets his adrenaline rush from riding down the Cresta Run, a three-quarter-mile Swiss ice chute, head first, reaching speeds of up to eighty miles pe...

JANE JESMOND chats to Paul Burke about her debut thriller ON THE EDGE , Cornwall, Daphne du Maurier, free climbing a fear of heights. ON THE EDGE : Jen Shaw has climbed all her life: daring ascents of sheer rock faces, crumbling buildings, cranes - the riskier the better. Both her work and personal life revolved around climbing, and the adrenaline high it gave her. Until she went too far and hurt...

Episode 10: IMPERFECT LIVES- Cara Hunter (THE WHOLE TRUTH) & Phoebe Morgan (THE WILD GIRLS) discuss why readers can’t get enough of psychological suspense, the proliferation of ‘Girl’ titles and why a good murder makes for the perfect comfort read. VICTORIA SELMAN Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3xmvMeS Website for news and giveaways: http://www.victoriaselmanauthor.com/ Twitter: @Victoria...

LINWOOD BARCLAY chats with Paul Burke about his new thriller FIND YOU FIRST , out in paperback now, character and humour, moral dilemmas in the crime novel and fresh out of college sending a manuscript to Ross Macdonald that sparked a long friendship. FIND YOU FIRST : It’s a deadly race against time… Tech billionaire Miles has more money than he can ever spend, but he can’t buy more time. Diagnose...

PAUL BURKE REVIEWS: Paul sorted for Crime Time, NB Magazine, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network and presents Crime Time FM. He shares his thoughts on some of the new Crime, mystery and thriller releases. Books reviewed: RICCARDINO - ANDREA CAMILLERI Mantle THE MAN ON HACKPEN HILL - JS MONROE* Head of Zeus LEMON - KWON YEO-SUN Other Press (US) Head of Zeus (UK) THE ANTARCTICA O...

In the latest Barry's Blu-rays, Barry Forshaw gives his usual rundown of new discs from Eureka, Severin, Indicator, Kino Lorber & Imprint, plus an interview with Arrow's Francesco Simeoni. FRANCESCO SIMEONI is Director of Content and Distribution at Arrow Films Arrow Films.  BARRY FORSHAW is fiction critic for the Financial Times and provides extras for Blu-rays. Books include Crime...

DAVID HESKA WANBLI WEIDEN chats with Craig Sisterson about WINTER COUNTS, his character Virgil Wounded Horse, the Rosebud Native American Reservation, and why he receives the grand total of $1.29/quarter in rent for his land from cattle farmers. Winter Counts : If you have a problem, if no one else can help, there’s one person you can turn to.   Virgil Wounded Horse is the local enforcer on the Ro...

KIA ABDULLAH chats with Paul Burke about her new thriller NEXT OF KIN , Atlas & Boots, growing up in Tower Hamlets, diversity in publishing, libraries, thrilling but keeping it real. NEXT OF KIN : ON AN ORDINARY WORKING DAY… Leila Syed receives a call that cleaves her life in two. Her brother-in-law’s voice is filled with panic. His son’s nursery has called to ask where little Max is. YOUR WOR...

HEADS TOGETHER is the monthly magazine show on CRIME TIME FM . PAUL, VICTORIA and BARRY discuss the Crime Time FM WATCHLIST, NDAs, Bloody Scotland, and the latest podcasts all in the company of special guest presenter CRAIG SISTERSON. PAUL BURKE writes about crime fiction for Crime Fiction Lover, NB Magazine, Crime Time and the European Literature Network. VICTORIA SELMAN is the bestselling author...