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BEN PASTOR chats to Paul about her new literary historical crime novel THE VENUS OF SALÒ , Martin Bora, Totalitarianism, Rome, writing in English, growing up in a divided world, Shaun the Sheep.      THE VENUS OF SALÒ October 1944, in the Republic of Salò, a German puppet state in the north of Italy and the last fascist stronghold in the country. After months of ferocious fighting on the Gothic Li...

Paul Burke talks to SIMON TOYNE (host) and JANE CASEY (panellist) about the 5th SLAUGHTERFEST in London on 11th June, 2024. Panels The Art of Detection True Detectives Murderous Motives & Clare Mackintosh & Lucy Foley in conversation with Ryan Turbridy Event is sold out but will appear on You Tube on 20th June to coincide with the release of Karin Slaughter's new novel THIS IS WHY WE...

 #OnTheSofa Season 6 Episode 6. Closed Circle Mysteries and other puzzles. Victoria investigates how to craft the perfect puzzle with fellow authors, Claire Douglas The Wrong Sister and Claire McGowan Truth, Truth, Lie Recommendations and mentions: Wilkie Collins, Agatha Christie, John Creasey, Save The Cat Jessica Brody, Barbara Vine, Sabine Durrant. The Secret History Donna Tartt, The Time Trave...

In a special edition guest presenter SCOTT BLACKBURN chats to HENRY WISE about his debut novel HOLY CITY * , MFA programmes, writing-working-family, begin with a million words. Available 6/4 in USA. HOLY CITY After a decade of exile precipitated by the tragic death of his mother, Will Seems returns home from Richmond to rural Southern Virginia, taking a job as deputy sheriff in a landscape given w...

DAN MALAKIN chats to Paul Burke about his new novel THE WRECKAGE OF US , (available 6/6/24), cyber crime, Bridport prize, THE BOX, sci-fi, high concept ideas, work-life balance. THE WRECKAGE OF US It's always the husband... Isn't it? Astrid Webb is missing. The police have found her car crashed near the woods, the driver's door open, the seat spotted with blood. But there's no...

WILLIAM SHAW chats to Paul about his new novel THE WILD SWIMMERS , music journalism, respecting the arts, CJ Sansom (RIP), Breen & Tozer, Alexandra Cupidi and unbridled wealth. THE WILD SWIMMERS If only Alexandra Cupidi had turned south instead of north, she would have found the dead woman. Instead it is her vulnerable daughter Zoë who stumbles across Mimi Greene's lifeless body on the sh...

Ain't That Truth: Where Crime Fact Meets Crime Fiction Season 6 Episode 5 Victoria Selman & Cara Hunter chaired by Triona Adams Live from the Oxford Literary Festival: Victoria and Cara Hunter explore our our apparently unquenchable thirst for true crime and ask why the genre is often stranger than fiction. Cara Hunter Murder in the Family: LUKE RYDER’S MURDER HAS NEVER BEEN SOLVED.  In O...

New crime fiction titles for May 2024. novels: Fiona McPhillips When We Were Silent John Connolly The Instruments of Darkness  Aslak Nore Sea Cemetery  Emiko Jean The Next Girl Kellye Garrett Missing White Woman Jennifer Lee Thompson Vigilante City Dark Deeds Down Under Vol.2 eds. Craig Sisterson and Lindy Cameron Olivier Norek Between Two Worlds Paul Burke writes for Monocle Magazine, Crime Time,...

DUGALD BRUCE-LOCKHART chats to Paul Burke about his new novel SECOND SKIN , spy fiction, acting directing & memoir, going away to find himself and losing the plot, Greece, THE LIZARD . SECOND SKIN : Five years after a murderous encounter on the island of Paros, Alastair Haston’s world is upended by a startling discovery: a son he never knew existed. Desperate to learn more, he travels to Athen...

JOSEPH KANON chats to Paul Burke about his new spy thriller SHANGHAI , SHANGHAI Daniel Lohr, sensing that the Nazis are closing in on the Jews, leaves his dying father in Berlin and boards a ship to Shanghai. His passage is dependent upon him delivering a package to his shady uncle, his father’s brother, upon arrival. Daniel has no idea what the package contains. On board is Leah, also fleeing the...

CHRIS HARDING THORNTON chats to Paul Burke about her new novel LITTLE UNDERWORLD , being a seventh generation Nebraskan, noir, PICKARD COUNTY ATLAS   and music.     LITTLE UNDERWORLD : Omaha, 1930. When ex-cop-turned-PI Jim Beely murders the man who assaulted his fourteen-year-old daughter, the last person he wants to see is local crooked cop Frank Tvrdik. Luckily, Frank isn’t interested in the li...

On The Sofa With Victoria - Season 6 Episode 4: ROBERT RUTHERFORD (SEVEN DAYS) & ROBERT GOLD (TWELVE). Few Crime genres grab our attention quite so much as the thriller. Victoria is joined by authors Robert Gold and Robert Rutherford to unpick what makes some thrillers more thrilling than others. VICTORIA SELMAN SundayTimes bestselling author of ALL THE LITTLE LIARS Amazon Author Page: https:/...

DAVID HEWSON chats to Paul Burke about BAPTISTE: THE AXE MUST FALL, The Killing, Nic Costa, Pieter Vos, Venice, Shakespeare, Audible, writing the official prequel to the hit television show and Kopfkino. BAPTISTE: THE AXE MUST FALL. France, 1976. Baptiste is an intelligent but somewhat naive detective, sent to work in Clermiers, a town filled with corruption. A girl goes missing, presumed dead aft...

The latest selection of crime fiction reviews for April, all 100 words a piece, and with a couple of authors pitches on their new books. Harlen Coben - Think Twice (Century) Don Winslow - City in Ruins (Hemlock) Lesley Kara - The Other Tenant (Bantam) Caz Frear - Five Bad Seeds (Simon & Schuster) Alis Hawkins The Skeleton Army (Canelo) Paul Carlucci - The Voyageur (Swift Press) Rachel McLean -...

JULIE ANDERSON chats to Paul Burke about her latest thriller THE MIDNIGHT MAN , first in a new historical crime series, Whitehall machinations, the birth of the NHS, finding the post war history of Clapham community, the Clapham Literary Festival, The South London Women & Children's Hospital, the locked room mystery and old British movies. THE MIDNIGHT MAN : Winter 1946 - One cold dark ni...

On The Sofa With Victoria - Season 6 Episode 3: ELLERY LLOYD (THE CLUB) + NICCI FRENCH (HAS ANYONE SEEN CHARLOTTE SALTER) Victoria is joined by husband and wife teams, Nicci French (Sean French & Nicci Gerrard) and Ellery Lloyd (Paul Vlitos & Collette Lyons) to discuss the challenges of writing collaboratively. VICTORIA SELMAN SundayTimes bestselling author of ALL THE LITTLE LIARS Amazon A...

STIG ABELL chats to Paul Burke about his new crime novel DEATH IN A LONELY PLACE , rural idyll as vest of Vipers, identity, writing a series, love of genre fiction and how crime fiction is a tonic for the soul. DEATH IN A LONELY PLACE In a quiet village, darkness is closing in… A rural paradise… Detective Jake Jackson moved to the countryside for a quieter life. And he finally seems to have his wi...

MORGAN GREENE chats to Paul Burke about his new crime thriller SAVAGE RIDGE , the why-dunnit not the who-dunnit, rural locations, indie and trad publishing. SAVAGE RIDGE Ten years ago, in the pine-shaded town of Savage Ridge, Nick, Emmy, and Pete murder their high school classmate, Sammy Saint John. His body is never found, and no arrests are made. The three friends make a pact to leave Savage Rid...

PHILIP GWYNNE JONES chats to Paul Burke about The Venetian Candidate (paperback now) and The Venetian Sanctuary (Hardback July), Venice, honorary consuls and Italy. The Venetian Candidate - To tell the truth is a revolutionary act. Battered by floods and crushed by overtourism, the city of Venice faces an uncertain future. The election of a new Mayor, therefore, has never felt more important. As t...

Season 6 Episode 2: More Than Meets The Eye KRYSTAL SUTHERLAND (THE INVOCATIONS) + CATRIONA WARD (THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET). Victoria is joined by authors Catriona Ward and Krystal Sutherland to discuss adding horror and supernatural ingredients to the Crime Fiction cauldron. VICTORIA SELMAN SundayTimes bestselling author of ALL THE LITTLE LIARS Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3xmvMeS...

Special Edition: SARAH MOORHEAD chats to STUART TURTON about his new high concept thriller THE LAST MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD , write what you know - rubbish, writing is unique to every person - don't box us in. THE LAST MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD   Outside the island there is nothing: the world destroyed by a fog that swept the planet, killing anyone it touched. On the island: it is...

Paul Burke takes a look at some of the new releases in crime fiction for March, 24. The Case of the Bereaved Butler Cathy Ace A Night at the Shore Tony Knighton The Assassin Tom Fletcher Out of the Darkness Alex Gray Close to Death Anthony Horowitz (Pub. 11/4) Requiem Bell David Michael Nolan Deliver Me Malin Persson Giolito The Croaking Raven Guy Hale The Innocents Bridget Walsh (11/4 release) Al...

GRAHAM BARTLETT chats to Paul Burke about his new police thriller CITY ON FIRE , the third Jo Howe novel. Brighton and policing in a modern city, dialing up the drama, Brighton's rebel soul, meeting readers, supporting 150+ writers with policing matters. CITY ON FIRE After losing her sister to an overdose, Chief Superintendent Jo Howe is desperate to tackle the world of drugs that consumes th...

SEASON 6 EPISODE 1: RICHARD NAIFF (WATERSTONES BRIGHTON) & ALEX FORBES (FOURBEARS  BOOKS) What's Going to Be Hot in Crime This Year? Victoria is joined by booksellers, Alex Forbes + Richard Naiff as they peer into their crystal balls to reveal what's going to be hot in Crime this year. Mentioned in the show: Mick Herron, Agatha Christie, Tess Gerritsen, David McCloskey, Matthew Richa...

TESS GERRITSEN chats to Paul Burke about her new spy crime thriller THE SPY COAST , Maggie Bird, Danny, living in a CIA retirement town, voices come to me ' I'm not the woman used to be' , MK Ultra, standing up for the older character and British TV.   THE SPY COAST Maggie Bird is many things. A chicken farmer. A good neighbour. A seemingly average retiree living in the seaside town...