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Oliver Harris on Secrets and SpiesMy new novel, The Shame Archive , began with a handful of questions. Do MI5 or MI6 have recordings of people in compromising...
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The Joffe Books PrizeBRITAIN’S BIGGEST CRIME PRIZE SEARCHES FOR THE NEXT BESTSELLING WRITER OF COLOUR. The Joffe Books Prize is looking for a...
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2024 CWA Dagger Short lists announcedThe 2024 shortlists for the prestigious Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Dagger awards, which honour the very best in the...
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Shots Magazine talks to John ConnollyWith the publication of a new Charlie Parker detective thriller, Shots Magazine’s Spanish editor and English language academic...
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Dr Rhona MacLeod, Forensics and I by Lin AndersonWith the paperback of The Wild Coast due to be published on 10 th April 2024 Lin Anderson talks about the Dr Rhona MacLeod...
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Researching The Innocents by Bridget Walsh.My novels often start with a little nugget of research and my second novel, ‘ The Innocents ’, was no different. Finding myself with...
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Louise Hare on Writing the Women of the PastOne of my starting points for research for my novels is often reading what was written at the time. An absolute joy when writing a...
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Hostile Environments by Slava FaybyshAnyone who has spent time in a leftist organisation has probably had a lot of haters. I myself was knee deep in a radical union for a...
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Social, Cultural and Political climate of Victorian EnglandHow the social, cultural and political climate of Victorian England combined to create a perfect storm of crime, murder and...
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Tom Baragwanath on small-town claustrophobiaSome years ago, I moved from a place where it felt like everyone knew me – and I, in turn, felt I knew everyone – to a place where...
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Ajay Close on What Doesn't Kill Us.I was 15 in 1975 when Peter Sutcliffe killed his first victim, and 21 when he was caught in Sheffield, about a mile from...
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CWA Announce Double Diamond Dagger WinnersLynda La Plante and James Lee Burke honoured with highest accolade in crime writing For the first time in...
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The Spy Coast Q & A with Tess GerritsenIntroduction Tess Gerritsen is a best selling international author of over 30 novels. Her series of novels featuring the homicide...
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Mari Hannah on the importance of LibrariesMy journey to publication is somewhat unusual. I have no degree. No MA in creative writing. No background in journalism as many writers...
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The Origins of The Dancer, by Óskar GuðmundssonThe idea for The Dancer more or less pushed its way into my head. We had spend a weekend in the countryside and I was driving home in...
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Fire Talks by Jean RaabI forgot Larry’s last name sometime in the past thirty years, but I never forgot what he taught me about fire. Larry was the top...
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Rachel Lynch on writing The RichWriting The Rich was a new challenge for me after writing eleven Kelly Porter police procedural books, but that was the point; I...
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Jane Jesmond on what she likes best about writing.What bits do I love writing most ? It's a question that crops up from time to time and it's pretty tricky to answer because I love...
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Using Popular Culture in Crime Fiction by Lee GoldbergIt’s impossible to escape popular culture. Not only is it all around us, but it also shapes how we look at the world and, most of all,...
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Forthcoming books from Profile Books (Incl Serpent's Tail and Viper Books)July 2023 Sanderson's Isle is by James Clarke. 1969. Thomas Speake comes to London to look for his father but finds Sanderson...
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Forthcoming books from John MurrayJuly 2023 Australian inventor and geo-engineer Clive Winner is the genius who brought the Great Barrier Reef back from the...
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Forthcoming books from Hodder and StoughtonJuly 2023 Everyone believes that Lenora Hope is a mass murderer. When the Hope family was massacred decades ago, she...
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SMFS Official Announcement: 2023 Derringer Award FinalistsSince 1998, the Short Mystery Fiction Society has awarded the annual Derringers—after the popular pocket pistol—to outstanding...
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Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Marks 70th Jubilee YearThe Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) marks its 70 th Jubilee year in 2023 with a series of events, including an exhibition of...
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April Books from BookoutureThey should have been watching. But my little girl is gone… On this crisp October day, the class of six-year-old children are wrapped...
