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SHELLEY BURR chats to Craig Sisterson about her novels WAKE and MURDER TOWN *, winning awards, getting published, women crime writers leading the way down under. *referred to as Ripper in the interview, it's Austrialian title MURDER TOWN : Gemma Guillory has lived in Rainier her entire life. She knows the tiny town's ins and outs like the back of her hand, the people like they are her fa...

TED FLANAGAN EVERY HIDDEN THING , of Worcester (Woosta) Mass,, and PAUL BURKE chat about some of their favourite crime novels of 2023 and gives us a couple of titles to look out for in 2024, Translation, EVERY HIDDEN THING Big city politics, nasty secrets, a dirty cop, and a deranged sociopath set the stage for a riveting journey deep into the urban jungle. The last scion of a once-powerful politi...

The REVIEW SHOW DECEMBER 23The latest crime fiction titles December 2023 Books God is a Killer Max Thrax (Alpha edition) Ravage & Son Jerome Charyn Yule Island Johana Gustawsson Spyhunter HB Lyle Crime of Passion Samantha Lee Howe (Short stories) The House of the Coptic Woman Ashraf El-Ashmawi Dead Sweet Katrin Júliusdottir The Wiregrass Adrian Hyland Paul Burke writes for Crime Time, Crime Fi...

Newcastle Noir Episode 3: TOO CLOSE TO HOME panel coverage Lisa Gray TO DIE FOR, Victoria Selman ALL THE LITTLE LIARS, Liv LV Matthews SILENT WATERS & Simon Van Der Velde  THE SILENT BROTHER - moderator Frances Walker. How often do we expect danger to lurk beyond the safety of our own home and circle of friends and colleagues? Yet when evil emerges among those closest to us, we’re left asking...

Christmas Collection: Episode 2  True Crime - Martin Brunt Sky's Chief Crime Correspondent chats about his book No One Ever Got  Cracked Over the Head for No Reason & former policeman Matt Johnson shares his experience of writing NO ORDINARY   DAY  In Person With Paul. Matt Johnson & John Murray - NO ORDINARY DAY : On 17 April 1984, as demonstrators gathered outside the Libyan embassy...

Christmas Specials Part 1 - CHRIS FROST, ROBERT RUTHERFORD & STEPHEN J GOLDS In Person With Paul - feel for location. character is king, heart and drive, high concept, transgression,  subverting the Christmas murder mystery, Indie publishing.  Chris Frost THE KILLER'S CHRISTMAS LIST - out now (20mins+) Robert Rutherford SEVEN DAYS - coming April (15mins+) Stephen J Golds THE DYING, THE DE...

TERRY HAYES chats to Paul Burke about THE YEAR OF THE LOCUST , off earth mining, epic adventure tales, the limits in fiction, screenwriting and whether there'll be a Pilgrim II.   THE YEAR OF LOCUST - If, like Kane, you're a Denied Access Area spy for the CIA, then boundaries have no meaning. Your function is to go in, do whatever is required, and get out again - by whatever means necess...

Panel discussions from the Newcastle Noir International Crime Writing Festival recorded live 8th-9th December at Newcastle Central Library and the Northern Crime Syndicate recorded at Tyneside Irish Centre. 1. Ann Cleeves and Marsali Taylor 2. Mari Hannah and Kate London 3. Katrin Júliusdottir, Michael J Malone, Essie Fox 4 The Caledonian Crime Collective - Emma Christie, Marion Todd, Andrew James...

TOM MEAD chats to Paul Burke about THE MURDER WHEE L, DEATH AND THE CONJUROR Joseph Spector, the Golden Age era, true crime, theatre, magic and illusion. THE MURDER WHEEL : 1938, London. Ambitious lawyer Edmund Ibbs has got his teeth into the case of a lifetime - defending the young woman accused of shooting her husband in the infamous 'Ferris Wheel Murder' case. Despite a plethora of ev...

SEASON 5 EPISODE 8: VASEEM KHAN, Chair of the CWA & author of the BABY GANESH & MALIBAR HOUSE series & LAUREN MUÑOZ lawyer & author of SUDDENLY A MURDER join Victoria to explore the economic divide, labelling and race in Crime fiction. So a nice light episode! Recommendations PERSUASION JANE AUSTIN MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN SALMAN RUSHDIE Music courtesy of  Guy Hale author of The Co...

MATT PHILLIPS chats to Paul Burke about his new noir - A GOOD RUSH OF BLOOD , noir and social documentarian, character drives narrative, indie writing. A GOOD RUSH OF BLOOD : A mother's sins haunt a teenage runaway in this scorching mystery of criminal conspiracy, street-level justice, and unlikely courage. Creeley Nash has been running her entire life. That includes running drugs for a wanna...

Paul Burke reviews a selection of November crime fiction releases. Including author elevator pitches from CL Pattison. Jane Jesmond, Alexandra Benedict, Paul Durston & Stephen Ronson. Peter Murphy A Week on Mount Olympus CL Pattison The Florist Simon Maltman Hunted Jane Jesmond A Quiet Contagion Simon Gaul White Suicide Alexandra Benedict The Christmas Jigsaw Murders Robyn Gigl Survivor's...

TOM BENJAMIN chats to Paul Burke about LAST TESTAMENT IN BOLOGNA, British private eye Daniel Leicester, the porticos of the ancient city, Giallo, AirBnB and tourism in a university town.  LAST TESTAMENT IN BOLOGNA : When an old man makes a bequest to investigate the mysterious death of his son, English detective Daniel Leicester follows a trail leading to one of Bologna's wealthiest families...

Season 5 Episode 7: ROBERT GODDARD (CWA DIAMOND DAGGER WINNER, THE FINE ART OF UNCANNY PREDICTION) & SUK PANNU (MRS SIDHU'S DEAD AND SCONE): Robert Goddard & Sak Pannu  join Victoria to discuss cosy crime and the 'Osman effect'. What do we mean by Cosy Crime? Why has it become so popular? And where does the future lie? VICTORIA SELMAN SundayTimes bestselling author of ALL TH...

Crime Time FM from Newcastle Noir - Episode 1 Introductions : the when, where, who and how. Perspectives on the festival from people involved in the events. Crime Time FM is proud to be the Official Podcast of Newcastle Noir. NEWCASTLE NOIR - NEWCASTLE CITY LIBRARY 6TH - 9TH DECEMBER. Information . Click this link for the schedule and visitor info. Tickets here £5 per panel, £50 for the 2023 Full...

The Crime Time FM Christmas Debate - Best Crime Fiction 2023: Eight top critics & writers pick their best reads of the year, argue eruditely for their choices and squabble - a little bit. Laura Wilson - Guardian critic and best-selling author. Jon Coates - Sunday Express deputy news editor and critic Maxim Jakubowski - former publisher & CWA chair, author and critic. Jake Kerridge - book c...

Norwegian crime writing legend GUNNAR STAALESEN chats to Craig Sisterson about his new hardboiled thriller Mirror Image, Varg Veum and Bergen, crime fiction as social commentary with humour, Joe Biden PI & wolf in a sanctuary. MIRROR IMAGE : As Bergen PI Varg Veum investigates two different cases, it becomes clear that they are uncannily similar to harrowing events that took place thirty-six y...

Season 5 Episode 6: Donna Freed (Duplicity), Matt Johnson (No Ordinary Day) & Anna Motz (A Love That Kills) join Victoria in a panel recorded live at Capital Crime discussing why true crime is stranger than fiction. DONNA FREED DUPLICITY ANNA MOTZ A LOVE THAT KILLS MATT JOHNSON NO ORDINARY DAY FILM: A PLACE IN THE SUN BOOK: THE AMERICAN TRAGEDY THEODORE DREISER  VICTORIA SELMAN Sunday Times be...

FEMI KAYODE chats to Paul about his new Nigerian crime thriller GASLIGHT , Philip Taiwo, Light Seekers, eduction addiction,  GASLIGHT : Bishop Jeremiah Dawodu, pastor of a Nigerian megachurch, has been arrested and charged with the murder of his wife, Folasade, the 'First Lady' of the church. The arrest was public, humiliating and sensational - sending shockwaves through Lagos - but thro...

The Latest Crime Fiction Releases Reviewed By Paul Burke - October 2023. Books featured: Loyalty Martina Cole The Prey Yrsa Sigardardóttir The North Light Hideo Yokoyama** A frightfully Fatal Affair Hannah Hendy The Due Date Niki Mackay Crown Vic Lee Goldberg Geneva Richard Armitage The Beaver Theory Antti Tuomainen White As Snow Llija Sigardardóttir Stigma Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger Dry C...

Season 5 Episode 4: PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLERS - All in the Mind - LAUREN NORTH, LESLEY KARA & NIKI MACKAY join Victoria Selman to discuss the enduring popularity of psychological thrillers and where the future lies for the genre. Mentioned: Minette Walters The Sculptress, The Scold's Bridal, Susi Holliday The House, The Bees Laline Paul, Stephen King VICTORIA SELMAN SundayTimes bestselling...

HARRIET CRAWLEY chats to Paul about her spy thriller come love story, THE TRANSLATOR, living in Russia, THE TRANSLATOR : Clive Franklin, a Russian language expert in the Foreign Office, is summoned unexpectedly to Moscow to act as translator for the British Prime Minister. His life is turned on its head when, after more than a decade, he discovers that his former lover, Marina Volina, is now the i...

NICK TRIPLOW chats to Paul Burke about his new thriller NEVER WALK AWAY , FRANK'S WILD YEARS , Noir, British Film, Ted Lewis and the mother of all writing hangovers. NEVER WALK AWAY A senior civil servant dies in suspicious circumstances. A sensitive file in his possession and evidence of contact with a human rights lawyer lead the authorities to believe he is a whistle-blower. This needs a p...

LEONORA NATTRASS  chats to PAUL BURKE about her historical mystery thriller SCARLET TOWN , Laurence Jago, 18th century history, rotten boroughs and sapient hog. SCARLET TOWN 1796. A rigged election. A town at war. A murderer at large... Disgraced former Foreign Office clerk Laurence Jago and his larger-than-life employer the journalist William Philpott have escaped America - and Philpott's ne...

Season 5 Episode Looking Back: ANNA MAZZOLA (The House of Whispers) & GARETH RUBIN (The Turnglass) exploring historical crime. The challenges of translating the past, the opportunities presented by an historical canvas and what makes it such a great pairing with crime. VICTORIA SELMAN SundayTimes bestselling author of ALL THE LITTLE LIARS Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3xmvMeS Website for...