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LAUREN NORTH chats to Paul Burke about her latest psychological thriller SAFE AT HOME , motherhood, village life and why: 'Don't worry.' Isn't very helpful advice. SAFE AT HOME Anna James is an anxious mother. So when she has to leave eleven-year-old Harrie home alone one evening, she can't stop worrying about her daughter. But nothing bad ever happens in the sleepy villag...

STRETCHING THE BOUNDARIES: Speculative fiction. CASS GREEN (The Killer Inside) & STU TURTON (The Devil and the Dark Water) 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 in the chat using #OnTheSofaWithVictori...

STRANGER AFTER STRANGER – Fiona Cummins (WHEN I WAS TEN) & David Fennell (THE ART OF DEATH) discuss why we’re so intrigued by serial killers, what makes a good thriller and which fictional murderer they’d be most afraid to be stranded on a desert island with. Victoria concedes whichever they choose, it won’t be a party. VICTORIA SELMAN Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3xmvMeS Website for ne...

JOHN L WILLIAMS talks to Paul Burke about his account of the Lynette White murder in 1988 and the 'Cardiff Three' miscarriage of justice: BLOODY VALENTINE The tragic story of Britain's worst miscarriage of justice as seen on TV in the BBC Wales documentary series A Killing in Tiger Bay, in which John took part. Bloody Valentine is the story of the murder of a young woman called Lyne...

SIMON SCARROW chats to Paul Burke about his new to paperback thriller BLACKOUT , the importance of teaching and understanding history, challenging views of the past, writing historical fiction, Cato and Macro and how telling a joke could get you executed in Nazi Germany. BLACKOUT : Berlin, December 1939 As Germany goes to war, the Nazis tighten their terrifying grip. Paranoia in the capital is int...

NIKKI SMITH chats to Paul Burke about her new psychological thriller LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO. LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO : Two people can keep a secret . . . if one of them is dead. Sisters Jo and Caroline are used to hiding things from each other. They've never been close - taking it in turns to feel on the outside of their family unit, playing an endless game of favourites. Jo envies Carolin...

Bonus Episode: THE CORKSCREW EFFECT- Sunday Times bestseller, Samantha Downing (MY LOVELY WIFE) discusses what makes a great twist, pantsing and trying to out twist yourself. Victoria doesn’t see any of it coming. 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 listene...

HE’S BEHIND YOU- C.J. (CAZ) Tudor, (THE CHALK MAN) & Catriona Ward (THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET) discuss the difference between crime and horror, giving monsters a human face and tapping into childhood fears. Victoria excuses herself to switch on the lights. VICTORIA SELMAN Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3xmvMeS Website for news and giveaways: http://www.victoriaselmanauthor.com/ Tw...

AMBER MARKS chats with Paul Burke about BECOMING MR NICE: THE  HOWARD MARKS ARCHIVE . The man, the myth, the drugs smuggler, the campaigner, and an extraordinary collection of documents that shed light on his life. BECOMING MR NICE : Welcome to the personal archives of Britain's biggest dope smuggler. For 40 years Howard Marks traversed the globe: an international businessman who became an in...

ALAN JOHNSON chats to Paul Burke about his debut thriller THE LATE TRAIN TO GIPSY HILL . Inspirational teachers, the library education. Character and plot and why Hull isn't the money laundering capital of Europe. THE LATE TRAIN TO GIPSY HILL : A woman hiding a deadly secret. And the man who went in search of adventure, but found himself in danger ... Gary Nelson has a routine for the commute...

HOLLY WATT chats with Paul Burke about THE HUNT AND THE KILL. Casey Benedict, don't give up the day job, darkness in fiction, the Arab Spring, #MeToo, prizes and why covid means Salman Rushdie won't be at your book launch. THE HUNT AND THE KILL When acclaimed undercover journalist Casey Benedict is asked to interview a young woman with cystic fibrosis, the patient's doctor alerts he...

Women in Translation Month Special SIMONE BUCHHOLZ chats to Paul Burke about HOTEL CARTAGENA , Chastity Riley, HOTEL CARTAGENA : Twenty floors above the shimmering lights of the Hamburg docks, Public Prosecutor Chastity Riley is celebrating a birthday with friends in a hotel bar when twelve heavily armed men pull out guns, and take everyone hostage. Among the hostages is Konrad Hoogsmart, the hote...

HEADS TOGETHER is the monthly magazine show on CRIME TIME FM . PAUL, VICTORIA and BARRY discuss the Crime Time FM WATCHLIST, The film version of The Dry, Victoria and Barry's upcoming books, Bloody Scotland, the latest podcasts, Sherlock on film, the Da Vinci Code and why we all deserve a Blue Peter Badge for services to... PAUL BURKE writes about crime fiction for Crime Fiction Lover, NB Mag...

The latest Blu-ray and DVD releases from BARRY FORSHAW, including Murder By Decree , the silent version of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, Hatchet For The Honeymoon and Private Hell 36. Also an interview with JONATHAN RIGBY, actor, writer, and film and DVD commentator. They discuss Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Hammer Horror, Richard Pascoe (horror by day, Shakespeare by night), and how to comment...

THE DOCTOR WILL SEE YOU NOW- S.J. Watson (BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP) & Alex Michaelides (THE SILENT PATIENT) discuss the role of psychiatrists in crime fiction and why there is nothing more frightening than the human mind. Victoria ties herself in knots with the right terms. VICTORIA SELMAN Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3xmvMeS Website for news and giveaways: http://www.victoriaselmanauthor.c...

DANIEL COLE chats to Paul Burke about his new thriller MIMIC and the coming TV series of his debut novel RAGDOLL. MIMIC 1989 - DS Benjamin Chambers and DC Adam Winter are on the trail of a twisted serial killer with a passion for recreating the world's greatest works of art through the bodies of his victims. But after Chambers almost loses his life, the case goes cold - their killer lying dor...

EMMA HAUGHTON chats with Paul Burke about her debut adult thriller THE DARK , 24 hour night, why writing YA fiction was a good grounding for crime and the dentist. THE DARK : In the most inhospitable environment - cut off from the rest of the world - there's a killer on the loose. A&E doctor Kate North has been knocked out of her orbit by a personal tragedy. So when she's offered the...

Episode 5: LIFTING THE CURTAIN - Publishing gurus: Katherine Armstrong (Simon & Schuster) Miranda Jewess (Viper) & literary agent, David Headley (Goldsboro/Capital Crime) discuss what’s hot, trends and where the future lies while Victoria tries to keep up. https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/ https://serpentstail.com/ https://www.goldsborobooks.com/  VICTORIA SELMAN Amazon Author Page: http...

STEVE CAVANAGH chats to Paul Burke about his new Eddie Flynn novel THE DEVIL'S  ADVOCATE, the death penalty, #BlackLivesMatter, Ross Macdonald and Clarence Darrow's cigar. THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE : A DEADLY PROSECUTOR - They call him the King of Death Row. Randal Korn has sent more men to their deaths than any district attorney in the history of the United States. A TWISTED RITUALISTIC...

PAUL BURKE REVIEWS: Crime Time, NB Magazine, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network and Crime Time FM shares his thoughts on some of the new Crime, mystery and thriller releases. WILL CARVER  THE BERESFORD PJ WOLFSON    BODIES ARE DUST JOHN SANFORD  THE OLD MAN'S PLACE JOE THOMAS  BRAZILIAN PSYCHO AA DHAND    THE BLOOD DIVIDE SA COSBY    RAZORBLADE TEARS HANSJÓRG SCHNEIDER  T...

JOE THOMAS chats to Paul Burke about his new novel BRAZILIAN PSYCHO , São Paulo, the craft of writing, Harold 'Tanky' Challenor and how a flatscreen TV started a deadly riot. " Brazilian Psycho is a riveting and explosive masterpiece of political crime fiction that deserves to share the shelf with American Tabloid, The Power of the Dog and A Brief History of Seven Killings and confi...

HEADS TOGETHER is the monthly magazine show on CRIME TIME FM . PAUL, VICTORIA and BARRY discuss the Crime Time FM WATCHLIST, the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival and novel of the year - We Begin at the End, Crime fiction and the Booker prize and a special word from Brian McGilloway. Watchlist: Razorblade Tears -  SA Cosby (Barry Forshaw, Maxim Jakubowski, Craig Sisterson) Littl...

Description Episode 4: WHERE THE HEART IS- Chris Whitaker ( WE BEGIN AT THE END ) & Dominic Nolan ( AFTER DARK ) discuss creating strong characters, getting dialogue right and the importance of place. While Victoria shows herself up with her rubbish geography and why she’d like to be stuck on an island with Robinson Crusoe. We Begin at the End won the CWA Gold Dagger 2021 and the Theakston&apo...

John Vercher THREE-FIFTHS interviewed by Paul Burke. John Vercher is a writer currently living in the Philadelphia area with his wife and two sons. He holds a Bachelor's in English from the University of Pittsburgh and an MFA in Creative Writing from the Mountainview Master of Fine Arts program. His fiction has appeared on Akashic Books' Mondays are Murder and Fri-SciFi. and he is a cont...

OLIVIA KIERNAN chats with Paul Burke about her new novel THE MURDER BOX , Frankie Sheehan, Ireland, police procedurals and finding out what kind of person you are during covid period. THE MURDER BOX : At first, Detective Chief Superintendent Frankie Sheehan believes the murder mystery game sent to her office is a birthday gift from one of her colleagues. But when Frankie studies the game's co...