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STELLA RIMINGTON chats to Paul about zeitgeisty new thriller THE HIDDEN HAND , the Chinese threat, Liz Carlyle, Manon Tyler, MI5, retirement, sexism, James Bond and John Buchan. THE HIDDEN HAND : A historic institution is hiding a very modern threat. The student - Li Min, a Chinese student, is forced by her government to transfer from Harvard to Oxford University, where she is recruited to an elit...

The Review Show January 2025. The latest round up of new releases in the world of crime fiction. The Big Empty Robert Crais Murder for Busy People Tony Parsons Black Tag Simon Mayo A Serial Killer’s Guide to Marriage Asia Mackay The Last Days of Kira Mullen Nicci French The House with Nine Locks Philip Gray Oromay Baalu Girma  These Violent Delights Micah Nemerever The Queen of Fives Alex Hay Murd...

KIM SHERWOOD chats to Paul Burke about A SPY LIKE ME , Double or Nothing, Ian Fleming, the Double 'O' series, loving Bond and living the dream, George Baker. A SPY LIKE ME Six days. A bomb goes off at the BBC. But this is just the beginning. In six days' time, terrorists will strike again. Three agents. With James Bond captured, three of MI6's toughest Double O agents race from...

ROB PARKER chats to Paul about THE TROUBLED DEEP : A Cam Killick Norfolk Mystery, Ben Bracken, Audible Books, working with young minds, PTSD, loving location, knee injuries and kismet. THE TROUBLED DEEP : Nobody ever knew what happened to the Brindleys. One summer they were there - flashy, loud and beautiful - and then they were gone. A mother, father and two children, vanished into the East Angli...

#ONTHESOFA - Season 7 - The Final Episode . TM 'Tim' Logan, THE DREAM HOME, chats to Victoria Selman (ALL THE LITTLE LIARS) at Waterstones, Reading. Inspirations, the need to know but will the truth will set you free? every word should count, short chapters & the climax. T.M. Logan is a Sunday Times bestseller whose thrillers have sold more than two million copies in the UK and are p...

WES BROWNE chats to Scott Blackburn & Paul Burke about his noir THEY ALL FALL THE SAME , (US Amazon link) why it wasn't called Spoon, the Appalachians, North Carolina, pizza and community. They All Fall the Same: Cannabis kingpin Burl Spoon has reigned over the Jackson County area for three decades, building a powerful backwoods empire. But behind a well-run organization, his personal lif...

Johana Gustawsson & Thomas Enger chat to Paul at Newcastle Noir about their upcoming crime thriller SON , Psychoanalysis, memory, scheduling, SON Everyone here is lying… Expert on body language and memory, and consultant to the Oslo Police, psychologist Kari Voss sleepwalks through her days, and, by night, continues the devastating search for her young son, who disappeared on his birthday, sev...

THE REVIEW SHOW DECEMBER 2024 - New titles published end 2024 & early January 2025. Locked In Jussi Adler-Olsen After the Bridge Andrew J Field  The Traitor Jørn Lier Horst   The Ancients John Larison   2/1/25 The Broken River Chris Hammer    2/1/25 Lie of the Land Kerry Hadley-Price    6/1/25 The Less Unkind Rosaria Giorgi    28/1/25 Blood Sacrifice Douglas Jackson  Losing Control Fiona Erski...

ADAM HAMDY chats to Paul about his new thriller DEADBEAT, what would make an ordinary person commit murder, what would drive you that far, screenwriting, depp dive characters, the morality of true crime, judging heroes and villains. ADAM HAMDY DEADBEAT Peyton Collard was a good man once, but his life changed after a horrific car accident. Divorced, drunk, and severely damaged, Peyton is offered a...

ALISON GAYLIN chats to Paul about her new hardboiled thriller BUZZ KILL , a Sunny Randall novel, Robert B Parker's Boston, writing psychological thrillers and a love of 70s conspiracy movies. BUZZ KILL Sunny Randall is hired to investigate the disappearance of an energy drink company’s CEO, Dylan. As she gets closer to finding Dylan, she learns not only of his bad behaviour toward numerous wo...

Newcastle Noir 10th Anniversary - The Panels Episode 2 of 3   Death in Paradise: Julie Anderson with Phoebe Morgan and Megan Davis A Kaleidoscope of Heroines: Jacky Collins with Harriet Tyce, Fiona Erskine and Marie Tierney Black Stage for Death: Frances Walker with Howard Linskey and Guy Hale Investigating Crime: Jacky Collins with Graham Bartlett, Trevor Wood and Mari Hannah Panel excerpts - the...

The Newcastle Noir Review Show on Crime Time FM featuring Trevor Wood, Sam Holland, Antony Johnstone, Jo Furniss, Rob Parker, Michael Wood and Paul Burke . The panel select some of their favourite crime novels of 2024 and look ahead to 2025. Selected Books Stuart Neville Blood Like Mine Dom Nolan White City The Escape Room LD Smithson Spiral Cameron Ward Peepshow Kate Summerscale Three Inch Teeth...

Season 7 Episode 5 : Screenplay Writing . What can novelists learn from screenplay writers? How does writing for film, TV and streaming work. Alex Michaelides THE FURY (The Devil You Know & The Con is On) and Suk Pannu DEAD AND SCONE (Goodness, Gracious, Me & The Kumars at No.42) Share their extensive experience and knowledge of the industry/art. Desert Island Films: Vertigo dir. Alfred Hi...

CHRIS MCGINLEY chats to Paul about Once These Hills It’s 1898. Up on Black Boar Mountain in eastern Kentucky, life is quiet for the small settlement of farmers who work the land around their cabins. But when ten-year old Lydia King unearths an ancient, preserved body on the seep bog, a curse is let loose. At least that’s what some people believe. They might be right. Down in the valley, the Railro...

THE CRIME TIME CHRISTMAS DEBATE 2024: Maxim Jakubowski, Ayo Onatade, Jake Kerridge, Victoria Selman, Paul Burke and compere Barry Forshaw discuss their crime fiction best books of the year.  The full list of books is available on the Crime Time website from 2/12/24. Produced by Junkyard Dog Crime Time Crime Time FM is the official podcast of Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023 & 2025 CrimeFest 2023...

SEASON 7 EPISODE 4: SUSPENSE Alice Feeney (Daisy Darker) & Claire Douglas (The Wrong Sister) join Victoria Selman to discuss, wait for it...suspense in Crime Fiction. VICTORIA SELMAN SundayTimes bestselling author of ALL THE LITTLE LIARS Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3xmvMeS Website for news and giveaways: http://www.victoriaselmanauthor.com Twitter: @VictoriaSelman We love to hear from...

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://...